Compression and Interlaminar Shear Properties of Nanoparticle Doped Hybrid Nanofiber Interleaved Glass/Epoxy Composites

Abstract

The effects of SiC-Fe3O4 nanoparticles doped electrospun Polysulfone (PSF) nanofibers on compressive and interlaminar shear strength of glass/epoxy composite laminates were investigated in this study. Pure PSF and hybrid PSF nanofibers were produced by the electrospinning process. Nanofiber interleaved glass/epoxy composite laminates were manufactured by using a vacuum-assisted hand-lay-up method. The addition of SiC-Fe3O4 nanoparticles into PSF nanofibers improved the tensile properties of nanofiber mats. The results revealed that PSF hybrid nanofiber interleaving increased the compressive and interlaminar shear strengths of composite laminates up to 26% and 12.4%, respectively.