Multi-scale modeling of tensile behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-60

  Tserpes, K I ^a   Papanikos, P ^b   Labeas, G ^a   Pantelakis, Sp G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composites; Finite element analysis; Multi scale analysis; Representative volume element

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MORSE INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; PROGRESSIVE FRACTURE MODEL; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 37649019438     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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