A continuum model for carbon nanotube-infused polyimides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7289, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wilson, Heather ^a   Banda, Sumanth ^b   Smith, Ralph C ^a   Ounaies, Zoubeida ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Mechanical properties; Polyimide; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MODELS; CONTINUUM MODEL; ELASTICITY THEORY; LARGE STRUCTURES; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYIMIDES; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE WALL NANOTUBES; STORAGE MODULI; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT MATERIAL; THIN FILM MEMBRANE; VIBRATION ATTENUATION; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 67149144848     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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