Barrier properties of flake-filled membranes: Review and numerical evaluation

Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-345

  Chen, Xiaoming ^a   Papathanasiou, T D ^a  

^a Mathematics Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier membrane; Diffusion; Fast multipole accelerated boundary element method; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

BARRIER MEMBRANE; FAST MULTIPOLE-ACCELERATED BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FLAKE-FILLED MEMBRANE;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 39549113646     PISSN: 87560879     EISSN: 15308014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/8756087907088437     Document Type: Review

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