Mapping the real micro/nanostructures for the prediction of elastic moduli of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites

Polymer

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 816-824

  Dong, Yu ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debes ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Mechanical properties; Polymer clay nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAPPING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICRO/NANOSTRUCTURES; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POLYMER/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 75149172354     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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