Evaluation of the mechanical properties of CNT based composites using hexagonal RVE

Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Joshi, Unnati A ^a   Joshi, Preeti ^a   Harsha, S P ^a   Sharma, Satish C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Effective material properties; FEM; Hexagonal RVE; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; AXIAL LOADING; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; EFFECTIVE MATERIAL PROPERTY; FEM; HEXAGONAL RVE; HIGH STIFFNESS; MATRIX; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; REINFORCING MATERIALS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; RULE OF MIXTURE; SIMULATION RESULT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; EXTRACTION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 78649931902     PISSN: 19492944     EISSN: 19492952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002044     Document Type: Article

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