Characterization of the intrinsic strength between epoxy and silica using a multiscale approach

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1787-1796

  Lau, Denvid ^a   Büyüköztürk, Oral ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDED SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COHESIVE ZONE MODEL; CONTINUUM MODEL; EPOXY-SILICA; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; FREE ENERGY SURFACE; INORGANIC MATERIALS; INTRINSIC STRENGTH; MACROSCOPIC LENGTH; METADYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE; STRUCTURAL BEHAVIORS; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; VAN DER WAALS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

SILICA;

EID: 84863763427     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.96     Document Type: Article

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