Nanoreinforced polymer composites: 3D FEM modeling with effective interface concept

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 980-988

  Wang, H W ^a,b   Zhou, H W ^c   Peng, R D ^c   Mishnaevsky, Leon ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; B. Mechanical properties; C. Elastic properties; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Modeling

Indexed keywords

A. NANOCOMPOSITES; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; C. ELASTIC PROPERTIES; C. MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79954718589     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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