Effective elastic properties of nanotube reinforced composites with slightly weakened interfaces

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 887-900

  Esteva, Milton ^a   Spanos, Pol D ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Imperfect bonding; Modeling; Mori Tanaka; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350413194     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2009.4.887     Document Type: Article

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