Prediction of the elastic properties of single walled carbon nanotube reinforced polymers: A comparative study of several micromechanical models

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2071-2084

  Selmi, A ^a   Friebel, C ^b   Doghri, I ^b   Hassis, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibers; A. Nanostructures; B. Mechanical properties; B. Modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HOMOGENIZATION MODEL; MICROMECHANICAL MODELS; SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE REINFORCED POLYMERS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON; CARBON FIBER; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATRIX; NANOTUBE; PREDICTIVE MODEL;

EID: 34247862328     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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