@Article{JPM.2019.36.02.7,
AUTHOR = {KAVITA, R.K. TIWARI},
TITLE = {Influence of Poly (vinyl butyral) Modification on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Kevlar Fiber Reinforced Novolac epoxy/multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Polymer Materials},
VOLUME = {36},
YEAR = {2019},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {195--205},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jpm/v36n2/56078},
ISSN = {0976-3449},
ABSTRACT = {The effect of poly (vinyl butyral) and acid functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNT)
on the thermal and mechanical performance of Kevlar fiber reinforced novolac epoxy
nanocomposites was investigated and presented in this paper. Nanocomposite containing 1.5
wt. % poly (vinyl butyral) and 0.5 wt. % f-MWCNT exhibited best thermal and mechanical
properties (except flexural strength) among all the nanocomposites reported here. It showed
~5%, 27% and 126 % improvement in tensile strength, young’s modulus and impact strength
respectively as compared to the neat novolac epoxy Kevlar composite.Nanocomposite containing
0.5 wt. % f- MWCNT and 2 wt. % poly (vinyl butyral) showed best flexural strength and modulus
among all the nanocomposites with increment of about 91% and 56 %.},
DOI = {10.32381/JPM.2019.36.02.7}
}