Predictions of stiffness and strength of nylon 6/MMT nanocomposites with an improved staggered model

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1062-1068

  Dai, Ying ^a,b   Mai, Yiu Wing ^a   Ji, Xing ^a,b  

^a Center for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT)   (Australia)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; C. Analytical modelling

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; CLAY MINERALS; DEFORMATION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLATELETS; POLYAMIDES; RAYON; STIFFNESS;

(PL) PROPERTIES; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; DEFORMATION COMPATIBILITY; ELSEVIER (CO); FORCE EQUILIBRIUM; NYLON 6/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES (NCN); NYLON-6; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); TENSILE DEFORMATIONS; TEST RESULTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 45449106983     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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