Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2009-03-06
Journal of Materials Science 43, 14 (2008) 5020-5022
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10853-008-2728-5
The reinforcement efficiency of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in epoxy matrix was investigated in the elastic regime. Cyclic uniaxial tensile tests were performed at constant strain amplitude and increasing maximum strain. Post-curing of the epoxy and its composite at a temperature close to the glass transition temperature allowed us to explore the effect of aging on the reinforcement efficiency of CNT. It is found that the reinforcement efficiency is compatible with a mean field mixture rule of stress reinforcement by random inclusions. It also diminishes when the maximum strain increased and this effect is amplified by aging. The decrease of elastic modulus with increasing cyclic maximum strain is quite similar to the one observed for filled elastomers with increasing strain amplitude, a phenomenon often referred as the Payne effect.
Allaoui Aïssa
Bai Jinbo
Evesque Pierre
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