Metal and metal alloys such as iron and steel start to be replaced by nanocomposite materials with lightness, durability, superior mechanical, electrical, chemical, and thermal properties. The reason for these superior properties is that the matrix-reinforcement interface area increases, and their interactions increase as the dimensions reach the nanometre level. Unique nanocomposite materials are designed and used in many fields, from aviation to electronics, from computers to the food industry. The reasons why these composites are preferred in engineering structures are that they are of high quality and more economical than traditional materials. In this study, Halloysite Nanotube (HNT) and rubber reinforced epoxy composites are modelled, and mechanical properties of these composites are obtained theoretically by numerical methods. Halpin-Tsai Approach and Mori-Tanaka Approach, which are modeling methods developed for composite materials in the literature, are used in modeling.

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