Pullout strength of graphene and carbon nanotube/epoxy composites

Chandra, Y., Scarpa, F., Adhikari, S. , Zhang, J., Saavedra Flores, E. I. and Peng, H.-X. (2016) Pullout strength of graphene and carbon nanotube/epoxy composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 102, pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.06.070)

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Abstract

An atomistic multiscale modelling approach is used to simulate the nonlinear pullout behaviour of interlinked single walled carbon nano tubes (SWCNT) and single layer graphene sheets (SLGS) embedded in an epoxy polymer. The pullout forces have been computed for various configurations of nanocomposites (SWCNT-SWCNT, SLGS-SLGS and hybrid SLGS-SWCNT), also by evaluating the effect provided by three different interlink compounds. The interfacial strength due to fibre pullout predicted by the hybrid atomistic-FE model is compared against experimental and molecular dynamics results available in open literature. The results show the specific deformation characteristics (localised auxetics) that provide an increase of pullout forces and interfacial strength with the use of the links.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Adhikari, Professor Sondipon
Authors: Chandra, Y., Scarpa, F., Adhikari, S., Zhang, J., Saavedra Flores, E. I., and Peng, H.-X.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment
Journal Name:Composites Part B: Engineering
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1359-8368
ISSN (Online):1879-1069
Published Online:07 July 2016

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