Mesoscopic bead-and-spring model of hard spherical particles in a rubber matrix. I. Hydrodynamic reinforcement

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 7554-7563

  Raos, Guido ^a   Allegra, Giuseppe ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; ROLLING RESISTANCE; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HARD SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

RUBBER;

EID: 0034322854     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1311972     Document Type: Article

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