Investigating the stress distribution of single walled carbon nanotubes embedded in polyimide nanocomposites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 922-931

  Tzeng, Shi Hua ^a   Tsai, Jia Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; interfacial adhesion; nanocomposites; stress distribution

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADING; HIGHER LOADS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LOAD TRANSFER EFFICIENCIES; LOADING TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLYIMIDE MATRIX; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; STRESS FORMULATION;

ADHESION; CARBON NANOTUBES; EFFICIENCY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYIMIDES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STRESS CONCENTRATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 81755182790     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684411421637     Document Type: Article

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