STUDY OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ON BI-DIRECTIONAL E-GLASS FIBER WITH EPOXY RESIN MULTI WALLED CNT NANO COMPOSITE

Now a days composite material plays an important role in many industrial applications due to their excellent mechanical properties. Presently researchers are making composite materials using various filler materials to characterize the wear behavior of the composite which is used as a machine component in various industrial applications and in machine house hold articles for daily use to highly sophisticated applications. This is due to the proven fact that composite materials acquire higher strength to weight ratio. In this investigation Nano composites of E-Glass fiber/Multi walled carbon nano tube were prepared by the technique of hand layup. The glass fiber used for current investigation is E-glass fiber bi-directional of 45 degree orientation. The composite material samples were prepared in the form of a plate with a thickness of 4 mm. The fabricated composite materials were cut into analogous profiles as per ASTM for tensile and flexural testing analysis. This investigation reveals that the growth of Multi Walled Carbon Nano Tube (MWCNT) particles improves considerably the mechanical properties even if the fabrication is done by manual method like the technique of hand layup.