Title

Effect of volume fraction of Graphene Nanoplatelet on fracture characteristic of Graphene/Epoxy composite using reactive force field

Authors

Olanrewaju Aluko, University of Michigan-Flint
Gowtham S, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Gregory M. Odegard, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

The fracture behavior of multilayer graphene nano-platelets in epoxy composite under tensile loadings was characterized using a computational molecular dynamic simulation and the Reactive Force Field. The investigation covers the approach for developing the molecular structure of graphene/epoxy composite, and the method for relaxing the systems. A uniaxial tensile deformation was employed for evaluating the fracture behavior of the model. The estimated results showed that fracture strength, fracture strain, and the Young’s modulus significantly increased with increasing layers of graphene in epoxy and the fracture occurs at the onset of yielding for all the models evaluated

Publisher's Statement

Publisher's version of record: http://dx.doi.org/10.12783/asc2017/15313

Publication Title

"THIRTY-SECOND TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES"

Recommended Citation

Aluko, O., S, G., & Odegard, G. M. (2017). Effect of volume fraction of Graphene Nanoplatelet on fracture characteristic of Graphene/Epoxy composite using reactive force field. "THIRTY-SECOND TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES". http://doi.org/10.12783/asc2017/15313
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