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

Table 1

The tensile properties of epoxy filled with silica nanoparticles for experiments.

Nanosilica content	0 wt.%	1 wt.%	3 wt.%	5 wt.%	7 wt.%
Young’s modulus (GPa)	3.06	3.54	4.01	4.06	4.09
Failure stress (MPa)	27.00	27.90	34.28	48.11	30.83
Modulus improvement (%)	—	15.67	31.05	32.68	33.66
Failure improvement (%)	—	3.33	26.96	78.19	14.19