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Symposium: S08 - Nanocarbon Based Composites, with CNPComp2017
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Strategies for Carbon Nanotubes Incorporation in Structural Composites

kchit Nadir (1)*

(1) Nanocyl - Namur - Belgium

Nanomodified structural composite is presented as the solution to overcome the fiber reinforced polymer FRP issues such as delamination crack propagation. In this contribution the nano-modification for FRP is implemented through nano-engineered thermoplastic polymer. Two approaches were proposed to introduce thermoplastic modified CNTs in multiscale structural composite. The first one is deposition of CNTs thermoplastic veils between the layers of a composite laminate and the second one is powder coating of conventional prepreg by CNTs thermoplastic powder. It is expected that thermoplastic modified CNTs will improve the resin toughness and reduce crack propagation increasing CAI strengths. Thanks to the combination of good electrical and mechanical characteristic of CNTs and toughness of thermoplastic it was shown that the damage tolerance as well as electrical conductivity of multifunctional carbon fiber reinforced polymer was improved compared to conventional composite.