Mechanical Properties and Tensile Fatigue of Graphene Nanoplatelets Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites

Table 1

Mechanical properties of GNPs/epoxy nanocomposites.

Test item (unit)	GNPs contents (wt%)
	0	0.25	0.5	1.0	1.5
TS (MPa)	54.89	66.00 (+20%)	61.11 (+11%)	55.59 (+1%)	51.82 (−6%)
FS (MPa)	105.89	115.46 (+9%)	107.07 (+1%)	104.48 (−1%)	96.54 (−9%)
FM (GPa)	2.22	2.49 (+12%)	2.50 (+12%)	2.53 (+14%)	2.63 (+19%)

GNPs/epoxy nanocomposites, TS: tensile strength, FS: flexural strength, FM: flexural modulus.