Volume 11 Issue 2 ( June )

The aim of the current research work is to examine the influence of various processing and fabrication parameters on the morphological, mixing, curing, and impact strength behavior on the basis of varied weight percentage of nanotubular halloysite reinforced fabricated nanocomposite by rule of mixture theory/ experimental results and finite element analysis. Experiments have been performed for impact properties, further finite element analysis (FEA) based software has been utilized to validate the impact mechanical property results. The finite element analysis simulation results are in good agreement to the experimental results obtained on developed nanocomposites. Field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) fractograph additionally supports the impact property results.

Keywords: Epoxy; HNT’s; Impact testing; finite element analysis; FESEM