The effect of chemical functionalization on mechanical properties of nanotube/polymer composites

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2728-2741

  Odegard, G M ^a   Frankland, S J V ^a   Gates, T S ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYETHYLENES; STIFFNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; ELASTIC STIFFNESS CONSTANTS; EQUIVALENT-CONTINUUM MODELING TECHNIQUE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0041510190     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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