Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 424, Issue -, Pages 213-221Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.03.234
Keywords
Carbon nanotube; Multifunctional coating; SHM; Damage sensing; Electrical properties
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- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spanish Government [MAT2013-46695-C3-1-R]
- Comunidad de Madrid Government [P2013/MIT-2862]
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Sensing capabilities of carbon nanotube (CNT) epoxy materials have been studied in order to develop multifunctional coatings for damage detection. For that purposes CNT doped epoxy nmixtures have been manufacturing using toroidal stirring. The microstructural characterization of CNT dispersion has been carried out by optical microscopy, showing the good homogenization effect induced by toroidal stirring. Then, electromechanical tests have been carried out on bulk nanocomposites and strain gauges. From tensile tests, it has been noticed that the Gauge Factor (GF) of strain gauges is much higher than those of bulk nanocomposites and conventional metallic gauges. Bending tests, which gauges made over tensile or compressive faces of the samples show that strain gauges have different behaviors while bulk materials show similar ones due to electrical volume interactions, proving the potential of strain gauges for monitoring complex load states. Damage sensing of CNT/epoxy materials has been also proved by inducing artificial defects on a monitored coating as changes in electrical resistance related to damage size. Thus damage detection, location and quantification have been achieved. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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