Effective thermo-mechanical properties and shape memory effect of CNT/SMP composites

Qingsheng Yang; Xia Liu; Fangfang Leng

doi:10.1117/12.845410

20 October 2009 Effective thermo-mechanical properties and shape memory effect of CNT/SMP composites

Qingsheng Yang, Xia Liu, Fangfang Leng

Proceedings Volume 7493, Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering; 74932U (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845410
Event: Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 2009, Weihai, China

Abstract

Shape memory polymer (SMP) has been applied in many fields as intelligent sensors and actuators. In order to improve the mechanical properties and recovery force of SMP, the addition of minor amounts of carbon nanotubes (CNT) into SMP has attracted wide attention. A micromechanical model and thermo-mechanical properties of CNT/SMP composites were studied in this paper. The thermo-mechanical constitutive relation of intellectual composites with isotropic and transversely isotropic CNT was obtained. Moreover, the shape memory effect of CNT/SMP composites and the effect of temperature and the volume fraction of CNT were discussed. The work shows that CNT/SMP composites exhibit excellent macroscopic thermo-mechanical properties and shape memory effect, while both of them can be affected remarkably by temperature and the microstructure parameters.

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Qingsheng Yang, Xia Liu, and Fangfang Leng "Effective thermo-mechanical properties and shape memory effect of CNT/SMP composites", Proc. SPIE 7493, Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, 74932U (20 October 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845410

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