Effects of nanotube waviness on the modulus of nanotube-reinforced polymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 4647-4649

  Fisher, F T ^a   Bradshaw, R D ^a   Brinson, L C ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROMECHANICAL APPROACH; MICROMECHANICAL METHODS; NANOTUBE WAVINESS; REINFORCING PHASE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79956034513     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1487900     Document Type: Article

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19. Lacking an appropriate image of the nanostructure of the material, this distribution was based on the NRP images shown in Fig. 1 and represents a nonunique, but reasonable, estimation of NT waviness.