On the tensile behavior of an embedded carbon nanotube in polymer matrix with non-bonded interphase region

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 647-652

  Shokrieh, Mahmood M ^a   Rafiee, Roham ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Equivalent fiber; Finite element modeling; Non bonded interphase; Non linear analysis

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE REINFORCED POLYMERS; EQUIVALENT FIBER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; INTERPHASE REGIONS; MULTISCALES; NANO SCALE; NON-BONDED INTERPHASE; NON-LINEAR STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR; POLYMERIC MATRICES; RULE OF MIXTURE; SHEAR MODULUS; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

BINARY CODES; CARBON FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SIMULATORS; STEEL STRUCTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BONDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NANOTUBE; POLYMER; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY;

EID: 70350714224     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2009.09.033     Document Type: Article

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