High Strength E-Glass/CNF Fibers Nanocomposite

 
 
 
 

High Strength E-Glass/CNF Fibers Nanocomposite

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dc.contributor.advisor Nayfeh, Taysir en_US
dc.contributor.author Abu-Zahra, Esam en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-07-07T16:04:33Z
dc.date.available 2008-07-07T16:04:33Z
dc.date.created 2007 en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-07-07T16:04:33Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1198878550 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/4083
dc.description Glass fibers are among the most versatile industrial materials known today, where 4 billion pounds of glass are used every year. They are readily produced from raw materials, which are available in virtually unlimited supply. To compensate for its low tensile strength, glass is usually mixed with other materials such as nanofibers and nanospheres, to form what is called “glass nanocomposites”. Nevertheless, glass composites still suffer from different weaknesses; such as: poor dispersion, poor alignment and orientation of reinforcing materials (due to their short lengths relative to the defect sizes in the composite matrices), in addition to the difficulties associated with handling randomly oriented nanofibers and nanotubes in an industrial setting. The aim of this work is to develop a novel method for utilizing carbon nanofibers to increase the strength of glass fibers by producing continuous hybrid glass fibers. The method makes use of the high aspect ratio of the CNFs along with the glass filament drawing process to imbed, disperse and align the CNFs in glass fibers. Short CNTs will bridge the small cracks in the glass fiber filaments, whereas, relatively long CNFs will take care of the larger defects. The novel hybrid glass fibers will have a wide range of applications; particularly in aerospace and automotive industries. en_US
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dc.format 112p. en_US
dc.rights unrestricted en_US
dc.rights Copyright and permissions information available at the source archive en_US
dc.subject Glass Fibers, Nanotechnology, Hybrid Fibers, Nanotubes, Carbon Nanotubes en_US
dc.title High Strength E-Glass/CNF Fibers Nanocomposite en_US
dc.type Electronic Thesis or Dissertation en_US
dc.degree.name Doctor of Engineering en_US
dc.degree.level doctoral en_US
dc.degree.discipline Fenn College of Engineering en_US
dc.degree.grantor Cleveland State University en_US
dc.contributor.publisher Cleveland State University / OhioLINK en_US

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