A simple micromechanical approach to predict mechanical behaviour of polypropylene/organoclay nanocomposites based on representative volume element (RVE)

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Dong, Yu ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debes ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Finite element analysis (FEA); Interphase; Nanostructures; Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); Representative volume element (RVE)

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENT; CLAY DISPERSION; CLAY PLATELETS; DISPERSION PATTERNS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXFOLIATED NANOCOMPOSITES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); INTERCALATED NANOCOMPOSITES; INTERPHASE PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICROMECHANICAL APPROACH; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ORGANOCLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; PP MATRIX; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS;

ASPECT RATIO; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANOCLAY; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 77955277985     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2010.03.049     Document Type: Article

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