Improvement in dynamic properties of laminated MWCNT-polystyrene composite beams via an integrated numerical-experimental approach

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2538-2547

  Rokni, Hossein ^a   Milani, Abbas S ^a   Seethaler, Rudolf J ^a   Stoeffler, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Structural composites; Testing and modeling; Vibration behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAM; DAMPED NATURAL FREQUENCIES; DAMPING RATIO; DESIGN CONCEPT; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS; FIBER ORIENTATION FACTOR; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FREE-VIBRATION TESTS; MULTI-WALLED; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PURE POLYMERS; PYTHON CODE; STATIC DEFLECTIONS; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES; VIBRATION BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT PERCENT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; LAMINATING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLYSTYRENES;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84860837046     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.03.028     Document Type: Article

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