A simple effective flaw model on analyzing the nanofiller agglomeration effect of nanocomposite materials

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Krishnan, Arun ^a   Xu, L Roy ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATE SIZES; AGGLOMERATED NANOPARTICLES; AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAW MODELS; HIGH VOLUME FRACTION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NANO-FILLERS; NANOFILLER; NANOMATERIAL; STRENGTH REDUCTION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; VOLUME FRACTION;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84863258375     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/483093     Document Type: Article

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