Mechanical properties of unidirectional nanocomposites with non-uniformly or randomly staggered platelet distribution

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1646-1660

  Zhang, Z Q ^a,d   Liu, B ^a   Huang, Y ^b   Hwang, K C ^a   Gao, H ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c Brown University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Biomimetic composites; Homogenization method; Mechanical properties; Non uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

BIO-COMPOSITES; BIOMIMETIC COMPOSITES; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY; FAILURE STRAIN; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLATELETS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79957592505     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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