The stress-strain behavior of polymer-nanotube composites from molecular dynamics simulation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1655-1661

  Frankland, S J V ^a   Harik, V M ^b   Odegard, G M ^a   Brenner, D W ^c   Gates, T S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Stress strain curves; C. Computational simulation; Carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENES; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

POLYMER-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 0041845257     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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