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ABSTRACT
Rubber composites are used in many applications such as mats, shock absorbers for machinery, tires, gears, and tubes in the automobile sector, insulating transmission and elevator belts, tapes, gloves, and blankets in the industrial sector, adhesive and cementing elements in the construction sector. This paper reviews the experimental and molecular dynamics simulations of mechanical properties of carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced rubber-based composites. Important mechanical properties of CNT with rubber nanocomposites have been described. This review will explain how CNTs can improve the mechanical properties of different rubber composites and will help the researchers working in this area.
Abbreviations
| CNT | = | Carbon nanotubes |
| SWCNT | = | Single-Walled Carbon nanotubes |
| MWCNT | = | Multiwalled Carbon nanotubes |
| GN | = | Graphene |
| SW | = | Stones Wales |
| CVD | = | Chemical Vapour Deposition |
| YAG | = | Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet |
| He | = | Helium |
| COOH | = | Carboxyl Group |
| OH | = | Hydroxyl Group |
| NH2 | = | Amine Group |
| BR | = | Butadiene Rubber |
| NR | = | Natural Rubber |
| VNR | = | Vulcanized Natural Rubber |
| SR | = | Silicon Rubber |
| ACN | = | Acrylonitrile |
| NBR | = | Nitrile Butadiene Rubber |
| HXNBR | = | Hydrogenated Carbonate Nitrile Rubber |
| SBR | = | Styrene Butadiene Rubber |
| TrG | = | Thermally reduced Graphene oxides |
| CB | = | Carbon Black |
| phr | = | Parts per Hundred Rubber |
| IL | = | Ionic liquid |
| PVC | = | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| SIC | = | Strain-Induced Crystallization |
| MD | = | Molecular Dynamics |
| PI | = | Polyisoprene |
| TPU | = | Thermoplastic Polyurethane |
| HTVSR | = | high temperature vulcanized silicone rubber |
| PDMS | = | Polydimethylsiloxane |
| VMQ | = | Methylene Vinyl Siloxane Rubber |
| TPNR | = | Thermoplastic Natural Rubber |
| DPNR | = | Deproteinized Natural Rubber |
| ENR | = | epoxidized natural rubber |
| UTM | = | Universal Testing Machiene |
Data availability
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Acknowledgments
The authors are highly thankful to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar for providing the facilities for this research.
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Notes on contributors
Dhinesh Kumar Singaravel
Mr. Dhinesh Kumar is M.Tech in Design Engineering from Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India.
Sumit Sharma
Dr Sumit Sharma is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India. He has published more than 40 articles in various International Journals and has published 7 books. He has a experience of 10 years in teaching and research.
Pramod Kumar
Dr. Pramod Kumar is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India. He has published more than 50 articles in various International Journals. He has an experience of 25 years in teaching and research.