A nonlinear pullout model for unidirectional carbon nanotube-reinforced composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-217

  Xiao, Tan ^a   Liao, Kin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Debonding; C. Analytical modeling

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEBONDING; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYTICAL MODELING; MULTI-WALLED NANOTUBES (MWNT); NANO-STRUCTURES; POLYMER MATRIX;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 10444276619     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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