A semi-continuum finite element approach to evaluate the Young's modulus of single-walled carbon nanotube reinforced composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 594-601

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Composites; A. Nanostructures; B. Interface; C. Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. COMPOSITES; A. NANOSTRUCTURES; B. INTERFACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 78249262087     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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