A comprehensive model for load transfer in nanotube reinforced piezoelectric polymeric composites subjected to electro-thermo-mechanical loadings

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 986-998

  Salehi Khojin, Amin ^a   Jalili, Nader ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; A. Smart material; B. Interface interphase; B. Internal friction and damping

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CARBON; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CHEMICALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FORMING; FULLERENES; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MODEL STRUCTURES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEPARATION; SHEARING MACHINES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

(ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; (ALGORITHMIC) COMPLEXITY; (PL) PROPERTIES; AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; CONCENTRIC (CO); CYLINDRICAL SHELLS; ELECTRICAL FIELDS; ELECTRICAL LOADS; ELSEVIER (CO); IN ORDER; INTERFACE REGIONS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LENNARD JONES (LJ) POTENTIALS; LOAD TRANSFERRING; MECHANICAL LOADINGS; MECHANICAL SPRINGS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; NANO TUBE; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; POLYMER SEGMENTS; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC MATRICES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDFF); RADIAL DIRECTIONS; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENTS; RESPONSE TIME; SEMI ACTIVE; SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL; SHEAR-LAG MODELS; SIMULATION RESULTS; STIFFER STRUCTURE; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); TUNING CAPABILITY; VAN DER WAALS; VARIABLE SEPARATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 45449083283     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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