Comparing finite element and analytical micromechanical modeling of randomly oriented single walled carbon nanotubes reinforced nanocomposites

2nd Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites - American Society for Composites, 26th Annual Technical Conference: Canadian Association for Composite Structures and Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Moussaddy, H ^a   Levesque M ^a   Therriault, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE ELASTIC PROPERTY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTICITY TENSOR; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; MORI-TANAKA; MORI-TANAKA SCHEME; OVERALL STIFFNESS; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; QUASI-LINEAR; RANDOM SEQUENTIAL ADSORPTION; REINFORCED NANOCOMPOSITE; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); SELF-CONSISTENT MODEL; SELF-CONSISTENT SCHEME; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADSORPTION; ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 84866714557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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