The effect of nanotube waviness and agglomeration on the elastic property of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-257

  Shi, Dong Li ^a   Feng, Xi Qiao ^a   Huang, Yonggang Y ^b   Hwang, Keh Chih ^a   Gao, Huajian ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BONDING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

INTERFACIAL BONDING; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNT); NANOTUBE WAVINESS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 7544220578     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1751182     Document Type: Article

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