Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Graphene-Modified Epoxy Resin for Pipeline Repair

This experimental study consists of a characterization of epoxy grout where an amount of 2% of graphene nanoplatelets particles were added to commercial epoxy resin to evaluate their behavior regarding neat epoxy resin. Compressive tests, tensile tests and flexural tests were conducted to study the...

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Main Authors: Siti Nur Afifah, Azraai, Nordin, Yahaya, Lim, Kar Sing, Norhazilan, Md Noor
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology 2016
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11981/1/Characterization%20of%20Mechanical%20Properties%20of%20Graphene-Modified%20Epoxy%20Resin%20for%20Pipeline%20Repair.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11981/7/Characterization%20of%20Mechanical%20Properties%20of%20Graphene-Modified%20Epoxy%20Resin%20for%20Pipeline%20Repair.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11981/
http://www.waset.org/publications/10003225
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Summary:This experimental study consists of a characterization of epoxy grout where an amount of 2% of graphene nanoplatelets particles were added to commercial epoxy resin to evaluate their behavior regarding neat epoxy resin. Compressive tests, tensile tests and flexural tests were conducted to study the effect of graphene nanoplatelets on neat epoxy resin. By comparing graphene-based and neat epoxy grout, there is no significant increase of strength due to weak interface in the graphene nanoplatelets/epoxy composites. From this experiment, the tension and flexural strength of graphenebased epoxy grouts is slightly lower than ones of neat epoxy grout. Nevertheless, the addition of graphene has produced more consistent results according to a smaller standard deviation of strength. Furthermore, the graphene has also improved the ductility of the grout, hence reducing its brittle behaviour. This shows that the performance of graphene-based grout is reliably predictable and able to minimise sudden rupture. This is important since repair design of damaged pipeline is of deterministic nature.