Research Article

Study on Tensile Properties of Nanoreinforced Epoxy Polymer: Macroscopic Experiments and Nanoscale FEM Simulation Prediction

Table 2

The average modulus and failure stress values for different nanocomposites in simulation.

Nanosilica content1 wt.%3 wt.%5 wt.%7 wt.%

Young’s modulus (GPa)3.3563.8373.8903.943
Failure stress (MPa)27.21433.07243.47729.974