Effective young's modulus of carbon nanotube composites: From multi-scale finite element predictions to an analytical rule

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1436-1442

  Georgantzinos, S K ^a   Giannopoulos, G I ^a   Anifantis, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Finite element; Interface; Molecular mechanics; Nanocomposite; Nanotube

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SOFTWOODS; SPECIAL EFFECTS;

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; CONTINUUM MEDIUM; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE-ELEMENT PREDICTIONS; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; INTERFACE; INTERFACIAL EFFECTS; INTERFACIAL REGION; INTERFACIAL ZONES; JOINT ELEMENT; LINE ELEMENT; MATRIX; MICROMECHANICAL THEORIES; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL FITTING; PARAMETRIC STUDY; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; RULE OF MIXTURE; SOLID ELEMENTS; TWO-MATERIALS; VARIABLE STIFFNESS; WELL-ALIGNED; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77954911234     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2010.1500     Document Type: Article

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