Modelling percolation in fibre and sphere mixtures: Routes to more efficient network formation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-362

  Rahatekar, Sameer S ^a   Shaffer, Milo S P ^b   Elliott, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Electrical properties; C. Modelling; Fibre sphere mixtures

Indexed keywords

C. MODELLING; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FILLER MATERIALS; FILLER PARTICLES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NETWORK FORMATION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; SPHERE MIXTURES; THEORETICAL RESULT; THRESHOLD VOLUME;

BALL MILLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBERS; FILLERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PRESSURE DROP; SOLVENTS; SPHERES; TITRATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

ASPECT RATIO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FIBER ORIENTATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FILLING MATERIAL; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE;

EID: 72949093128     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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