Defining the lower and upper limit of the effective modulus of CNT/polypropylene composites through integration of modeling and experiments

Composite Structures

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-87

  Bhuiyan, Md A ^a   Pucha, Raghuram V ^a   Worthy, Johnny ^b   Karevan, Mehdi ^a   Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

CNT PP nanocomposites; Finite element analysis; Multiple CNTs RVE

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; COST EFFECTIVE; EFFECTIVE MODULI; MELT MIXING; MULTIPLE CNTS RVE; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PP MATRIX; TENSILE LOADING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; UPPER LIMITS;

ALIGNMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 84868094759     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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