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Carbon fiber composites are highly demanded in aerospace structure due to their elevated strength but less weight in comparison to the metals and alloys. The main aim is to study the consequence of nanoclay in carbon–epoxy composite by examining the mechanical properties. The compression molding technique was used to prepare the laminates of composite. The specimens were prepared from the epoxy as a matrix and carbon fiber as reinforcing material which were oriented at [0°/45°/90°]. The tensile strength and bending strength were analyzed for the specimens, both numerically and analytically. The nanoclay was mixed with different wt% with carbon fiber laminates so as to improve the mechanical properties of the composite. The strength of the composite was improved by 25–30% when nanoclay with 3 wt% is added to carbon–epoxy laminates as compared to the strength of composite without nanoclay.
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Singh, V., Singh, M., Saini, J.S., Badhwar, R., Gupta, A., Chauhan, N. (2020). Effect of Nanoclay in Unidirectional Carbon–Epoxy Laminated Composites. In: Prakash, C., Singh, S., Krolczyk, G., Pabla, B. (eds) Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4059-2_13
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