Failure analysis and the optimal toughness design of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1360-1367

  Chen, Y L ^a   Liu, B ^a   He, X Q ^b   Huang, Y ^c   Hwang, K C ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. CNT reinforced composites; B. Bridging effect; B. Fracture toughness; C. Multiscale modeling

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; B. BRIDGING EFFECT; BOND DENSITIES; BRIDGING EFFECTS; COMBINED ANALYSIS; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; INTERFACIAL CHEMICALS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; PULL-OUT; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SHEAR LAG THEORY; SHORT FIBER; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

CARBON FIBER; DENSITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77953699066     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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