Sol-gel simulation-II: Mechanical response

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 358, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 728-734

  Barbero, E J ^a   Campo, F A ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Finite Element; Fractal; Homogenization; Multiscale

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION ALGORITHMS; AGGREGATION PROCESS; COLLOIDAL AGGREGATION; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; FINITE ELEMENT; FRACTAL CHARACTER; FRACTAL FEATURE; HOMOGENIZATION; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SCALE; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTISCALES; POISSON'S RATIO; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; RECURSION ALGORITHM; SCATTERING INTENSITY; SOL-GEL STRUCTURES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

AEROGELS; AGGLOMERATION; ALGORITHMS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTALS; GELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON RATIO; SINTERING; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856235459     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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