Elastic response of a carbon nanotube fiber reinforced polymeric composite: A numerical and experimental study

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 414-421

  Kulkarni, Mandar ^a   Carnahan, David ^b   Kulkarni, Kapil ^b   Qian, Dong ^a   Abot, Jandro L ^a,c  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^b NanoLab Inc   (United States)

^c Abot Composites Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Mechanical properties; Nano composite; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; YARN;

COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NANO-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PREMATURE FAILURES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 82555170784     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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