Modeling of Nanoindentation data and characterization of polymer nanocomposites by a multiscale stochastic finite element method

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2273-2282

  Kontsos, A ^b   Spanos, P D ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Characterization; Monte Carlo simulations; Nanoindentation; Polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENTS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; MULTISCALE HOMOGENIZATION; MULTISCALES; NONUNIFORM; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; RANDOM FIELDS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL REPRESENTATIONS; STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOINDENTATION; POLYMERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SIMULATORS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 72749124502     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1284     Document Type: Article

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