A Monte Carlo finite element method for determining the Young's modulus of polymer nanocomposites using nanoindentation data

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 3 PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 633-641

  Kontsos, A ^a,b   Spanos, P D ^a,c  

^a ASME

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Monte Carlo simulations; Nanoindentation; Polymer nanocomposites; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; DESIGN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; MICRO AND NANO SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MULTISCALE HOMOGENIZATION; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; POLYMER NANO-COMPOSITES; RANDOM FIELD (RF); SPECTRAL REPRESENTATIONS; STATISTICAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS; STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENTS; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES; YOUNG'S MODULUS (IGC: E14/K14);

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICALS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ENGINEERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FULLERENES; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IRON; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSENSORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOINDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSYSTEMS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 44849103280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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