Analytical and computational micromechanics analysis of the effects of interphase regions and orientation on the effective coefficient of thermal expansion of carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Seidel, Gary D ^a   Stephens, Skylar N ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

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EID: 84855623787     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-2809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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