Evaluation of effective material parameters of CNT-reinforced composites via 3D BEM

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 103-121

  Araujo F C ^a,b   Gray, L J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D BE formulations; CNT based composites; Singular and quasi singular quadratures; Subregion by subregion techniques; The boundary element method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CARBON NANOTUBES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REINFORCEMENT;

REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS (RVE); SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 41649089551     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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