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Abstract
Fatigue is one of the primary causes for catastrophic failure in structural materials. Here, we report an order-of-magnitude reduction in the fatigue crack propagation rate for an epoxy system with the addition of ∼0.5wt.% of carbon nanotube additives. Using fractography analysis and fracture mechanics modeling, we show that the crack suppression is caused by crack bridging, which results in an effective crack-closing stress due to the pull out of nanotube fibers in the wake of the crack tip. Carbon nanotubes therefore show potential to significantly enhance the reliability and operating life of structural polymers that are susceptible to fatigue failure.
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