caa a22 4500 463228820 CHVBK 20180405153235.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10853-007-1618-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10853-007-1618-6 Effect vapor grown carbon nanofiber on thermal and mechanical properties of epoxy [Elektronische Daten] [Yuanxin Zhou, Farhana Pervin, Shaik Jeelani] In the present investigation, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), tensile tests, fatigue tests and the single edge notch tensile (SENT) tests were performed on unfilled, 1, 2 and 3wt.% vapor grown carbon nanofiber (CNF) filled SC-15 epoxy to identify the loading effect on thermal and mechanical properties of the composites. DMA studies revealed that filling the 3% carbon nanofiber into epoxy can produce 65% enhancement in storage modulus at room temperature and 6°C increase in T g. However, TGA results show that thermal stability of composite is insensitive to the CNF content. Tensile tests were carried out at the strain rate range from 0.02min−1 to 2min−1. Results show that CNF/epoxy are strain rate sensitive materials, the modulus and tensile strength increased with increasing of strain rate. Experimental results also indicate that modulus of the nanophased epoxy increases continuously with increasing CNF content. But the 2% CNF infusion system exhibit maximum enhancement in tensile strength, fatigue performance and fracture toughness as compared with other system. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Zhou Yuanxin Tuskegee University's Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM), 100 Chappie James Center, 36088, Tuskegee, AL, USA aut Pervin Farhana Tuskegee University's Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM), 100 Chappie James Center, 36088, Tuskegee, AL, USA aut Jeelani Shaik Tuskegee University's Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM), 100 Chappie James Center, 36088, Tuskegee, AL, USA aut Journal of Materials Science Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/17(2007-09-01), 7544-7553 0022-2461 42:17<7544 2007 42 10853 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-1618-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-1618-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhou Yuanxin Tuskegee University's Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM), 100 Chappie James Center, 36088, Tuskegee, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pervin Farhana Tuskegee University's Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM), 100 Chappie James Center, 36088, Tuskegee, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jeelani Shaik Tuskegee University's Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM), 100 Chappie James Center, 36088, Tuskegee, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Materials Science Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/17(2007-09-01), 7544-7553 0022-2461 42:17<7544 2007 42 10853 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer