Design and Characterization of Kevlar/Epoxy Composites Infused with Silicon Carbide (SiC) – Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanofillers

Fibre reinforced polymerFibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) compositesComposites are prominent materials used for manufacturing various products due to their distinct properties. It has been observed that the addition of nanofillersNanofillers improved various properties of the FRP compositesComposites. Very few researchers have combined more than one nanofillerNanofillers for producing FRP compositesComposites. The objective of the present work is to study the feasibility of combined effect of silicon carbide (SiC)–zinc oxide (ZnO) nanofillersNanofillers in the development of Kevlar/EpoxyEpoxy compositeComposites and examine their effect on the various mechanical propertiesMechanical properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength, and inter laminar shear strength. The compositeComposites material infused with the above-mentioned nanofillersNanofillers was fabricated by using three different weight percentages of both the nanofillersNanofillers. The experimental results showed that the addition of the SiC-ZnO nanofillersNanofillers with the weight percentages of 0.75% and 1%, respectively, to the Kevlar/EpoxyEpoxy” compositeComposites” exhibited higher tensile, flexural, and interlaminar shear strength.