The mechanical properties of epoxy resin can be enhanced by adding nanofillers into its matrix. This study researches and compares the impacts of adding nanofillers with different dimensions, including two-dimensional boron nitride and zero-dimensional silica, on the mechanical and toughness properties of epoxy resin. At low fractions (0–2.0 wt%), 2DBN/epoxy composites have a higher Young’s modulus, fracture toughness and critical strain energy release rate compared to SiO₂/epoxy composites. However, the workability deteriorated drastically for BN/epoxy composites above a specific nanofiller concentration (2.0–3.0 wt%). BN prevents crack growth by drawing and bridging. SiO₂ enhances performance by deflecting the crack direction and forming voids. Additionally, the dimension and content of nanofiller also influence glass transition temperature and storage modulus significantly.

Due to the influence of the wall thickness, uneven heat transfer, and heat generation inside the resin during the molding of the composite material, the uneven temperature field distribution of the composite material is caused. This paper uses ABAQUS to perform finite element simulation on the temperature field of the forming process and obtains the distribution of the internal temperature field of the composite material. On the premise of obtaining the temperature field, through thermo-solid coupling simulation experiment, the influence of various factors on the entire curing process is compared. Based on the use of finite element simulation software, several comparative tests were carried out, and the residual stress problems in the curing process were verified by calling the stress and strain values of representative points. This article focuses on the analysis of temperature and energy data in heat transfer and 15 sets of stress-strain data under coupling action. On the premise of giving the reasons for each data, the accuracy and practicality of the data are analyzed.

Fiber reinforced metal laminates (FMLs) are a kind of interlaminar hybrid composites made of metal sheets and fibers alternately stacked and cured at a certain pressure and temperature. In this paper, through the simulation of ABAQUS finite element software and recording the change of projectile velocity, the energy loss of projectile is calculated and the impact resistance is judged. Through the comparison of three groups of simulation experimental results, the energy absorbed by carbon fiber reinforced metal laminate is about 300 times that of aluminum alloy plate, which fully shows that carbon fiber reinforced metal composite has excellent impact resistance compared with aluminum alloy. After adding 1 wt% carbon nanotubes to carbon fiber reinforced metal laminates, the absorbed energy is about 10 times that of the original, which shows that carbon nanotubes improve the ultimate yield stress of resin and materials in epoxy resin and enhance the weakness that the composites are easy to delamination under impact load.