An experimental investigation on mechanical properties of hybrid polymer nanocomposites

The need to purse an environmentally safer future has promoted the researchers to look beyond the polymer composite materials. This paper presents the fabrication of mould, preparation of composition materials and the results of an experimental investigation aiming at determining the mechanical properties of polymer hybrid nano polymer composite material specimens to classify it for suitable applications. The Hand lay-up method is used for preparation of composition material and the experiment consists of different testing with standards of ASTM D638-4 for tensile testing, ASTM D7264 for flexural testing, and ASTM D256 for impact testing of polymer based composites. A fairly extensive experimental program was carried out to cover both stiffness and strength parameters of the specimens. Based on the obtained results by comparing polyester and epoxy materials, it was possible to conclude that the polymer hybrid nano composite material specimen displays the classification compatible to mechanical requirement of material. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.