The effects of surface elasticity and surface tension on the transverse overall elastic behavior of unidirectional nano-composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-434

  Mogilevskaya, Sofia G ^a   Crouch, Steven L ^a   La Grotta, Alessandro ^b   Stolarski, Henryk K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Fibers; A. Nano composites; B. Mechanical properties; C. Elastic properties

Indexed keywords

A. NANO-COMPOSITES; C. ELASTIC PROPERTIES; CYLINDRICAL FIBERS; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC PROPERTY; ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GENERALIZED SELF-CONSISTENT METHOD; INFINITE PLANE; INHOMOGENEITIES; MATERIAL SURFACE; MATRIX; NANO SCALE; NEW RESULTS; SMALL CLUSTERS; SURFACE ELASTICITIES; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC;

CAPILLARITY; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; TENSION;

EID: 75149163982     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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