Kasarla, Sainath (2016) Enhancing of health, engineering and science school mechanical & electrical engineering. Coursework Masters thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Enhancing the properties of polymer composite materials with the alignment of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is reported. Studies showed that CNTs has the ability to improve mechanical properties with proper alignment to the materials (composites). The reinforcement of CNT to the glass fibre and epoxy resin is fabricated to improve mechanical properties of polymer composite. The four (4) material matrix cut into dog-bone shapes using CNC machine for testing and are evaluated for tensile and compressive strengths using standard tensile testing method (UTM). The tested samples are investigated by using scanning electron microscope. Furthermore, similar structure is created in CREO Parametric 3.0 and numerical analysis is conducted. Both experimental results and modelling outcomes indicated that polymer composites perform better with CNT alignment than that of only polymer composite. The results generated from UTM and CREO are analysed comparatively which specified enhancement in mechanical properties with CNT reinforcement to the composites.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Coursework Masters) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - No Department (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Supervisors: | Tran, Canh-Dung |
| Qualification: | Masters of Engineering and science (Mechanical) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2026 00:41 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2026 00:41 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CNT, Composites, glass fibre, epoxy resin |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/53281 |
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