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ArticlePolymers2026

Numerical Investigation of MWCNT Effects on Elastic Properties of PA6/POM Blends.

Katarina Pisačić, Srečko Glodež, Aleš Belšak

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Article in Polymers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Katarina PisačićFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-9425-3708
Srečko GlodežFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-4273-7265
Aleš BelšakFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.

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Abstract

To ensure the viability of polymer materials, given the properties and limitations of polymers, hybrid materials have been developed that blend the features of all included components. Researchers have not explored the impacts of the length aspect ratio of nanofillers on the mechanical properties of hybrids in great detail previously. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes are a valuable option because they exhibit improved mechanical properties. Using numerical simulation, the impacts of nanofiller content and the size aspect ratio on two base materials-polyamide 6, polyoxymethylene-and their blends, were determined as a function of the volume ratio, the MWCNTs aspect ratio and the base material blend composition. Numerical analysis employed the ANSYS Material Designer. Random samples of chopped-fibre representative volume elements were generated, meshed and analysed by finite element analysis to obtain the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio for each sample. The results showed a generally linear dependence. Rises in both aspect ratio and volume fraction of MWCNTs increased the Young's modulus up to 46% and decreased the Poisson's ratio up to 1.6%. The findings suggest that although the impact of the aspect ratio is not as large as that of the volume ratio, longer MWCNTs are preferable.

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hybrid polymernumerical analysisPA6POMrepresentative volume element

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PMID41829342
PMCPMC12986917

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