Effect of Compaction Pressure on Final Properties of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) reinforced Aluminum (Al) Composite

• Main Author: Nurul Rawaida Ain Burhani, Nurul Rawaida Ain
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2010
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/1514/1/Nurul_Rawaida_Ain_Burhani.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/1514/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

In aerospace and automotive industry specifically, the challenge is to fabricate material which have high strength to weight ratio composite. Multiwall Carbon nanotube (MWCNTs) reinforced Aluminum (Al) composites usage grows at an impressive pace due to the positives results in increasing hardness, tensile strength and Young’s Modulus with low density. When the hardness and tensile strength obtained much higher than density, it will specify the high strength to weight ratio property. As this property is very critical to fabricate, there are many factor should be consider such as the sintering time, temperature, compositions, compaction pressure and other factor. For other factor, studied and research had been done except for compaction pressure.