High strain rate effects on mechanical properties of inductively coupled plasma treated carbon nanotube reinforced epoxy composites

This shows strongly sensitive compressive behavior at high strain rates; i.e. the structural properties of the reinforcement and energy absorption capacity are affected at high strain rates. Reinforcing nitrogen doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) can effectively improve the compressive strength as well as the strain energy of the epoxy matrix due to their uniform dispersion in the epoxy matrix.