Characterizing elastic properties of carbon nanotubes/polyimide nanocomposites using multi-scale simulation

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-115

  Tsai, Jia Lin ^a   Tzeng, Shi Hua ^a   Chiu, Yu Tsung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Mechanical properties; C. Micro mechanics; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

A. NANO-STRUCTURES; C. MICRO-MECHANICS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; LONGITUDINAL MODULUS; MD SIMULATION; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS CALCULATIONS; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; NONBONDED INTERACTION; POLYIMIDE MATRIX; POLYIMIDE POLYMERS; REINFORCED POLYIMIDES; RULE OF MIXTURE; SOLID CYLINDERS; SURFACE AREA; THREE PHASE MODEL; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPIC; TRANSVERSE MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYIMIDES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 73149119813     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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