@inproceedings{9b9dba446cd14375a343aeabde97670d,
title = "Vibration damping characteristics of carbon fiber-reinforced composites containing carbon nanotubes",
abstract = "Vibration damping characteristics of nanocomposites and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites (CFRPs) containing multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been investigated by performing the free and forced vibration tests. Several vibration parameters are varied to characterize the damping behavior at different amplitudes, natural frequencies and vibration modes. The results consistently indicate that the incorporation of CNTs into neat epoxy and CFRP-epoxy composites has a beneficial effect of enhancing the damping ratio of the materials, the degree of enhancement depending on the initial stiffness of the material, type of vibration and damping mode. A typical 50% increase in damping ratio is obtained for the CFRP composites with 1.0wt% CNTs for a beam with initial free vibration amplitude of 40mm. The DMA results further confirm the above findings, showing largely improved loss modulus and tan delta of the materials due to CNT reinforcement.",
keywords = "Carbon fiber composite, Carbon nanotube, Energy dissipation, Vibration damping",
author = "Khan, {Shafi Ullah} and Li, {Chi Yin} and Siddqui, {Naveed A.} and Kim, {Jang Kyo}",
year = "2010",
language = "British English",
isbn = "9781632660756",
series = "7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials 2010, ACCM 2010",
pages = "422--425",
booktitle = "7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials 2010, ACCM 2010",
note = "7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials 2010, ACCM 2010 ; Conference date: 15-11-2010 Through 18-11-2010",
}