Eventos Anais de eventos
CONEM 2022
XI Congresso Nacional de Engenharia Mecânica - CONEM 2022
FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ZIRCONIA AND ZIRCONIA-CNT COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Submission Author:
Jean Franco Burgos Trillo , SP , Peru
Co-Authors:
Jean Franco Burgos Trillo, Bruno Agostinho Hernandez, Vicente Gerlin Neto, Cesar Foschini, EDSON CAPELLO SOUSA
Presenter: Jean Franco Burgos Trillo
doi://10.26678/ABCM.CONEM2022.CON22-0800
Abstract
Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) were added into a ceramic matrix of Zirconia (ZrO2) to improve the ceramic hardness and stiffness, and to allow the use of Zirconia in new applications. However, the mechanical behaviour of this new composite material is still not well understood. The finite element (FE) method has been widely used to understand the mechanical behaviour of new materials. Therefore, this study aimed to develop finite element models to simulate the mechanical behaviour of pure zirconia and zirconia composites with different quantities of CNTs. Pure Zirconia and mixed Zirconia with CNTs (1.0% in weight) samples were prepared and experimentally tested via a three-point bending test. Finite element models of the samples were developed and the experimental test was numerically reproduced. The model's performance to simulate the samples' mechanical behaviour was evaluated through comparison with experimental results.
Keywords
Zirconia, Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), Finite Element Method
