Interface effects on the viscoelastic characteristics of carbon nanotube polymer matrix composites

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Pan, Y ^a   Weng, G J ^a   Meguid, S A ^b   Bao, W S ^b,c   Zhu, Z H ^c   Hamouda, A M S ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Interface effects; Micromechanics; Polymer matrix; Viscoelastic characteristics

Indexed keywords

CREEP COMPLIANCE; CREEP CURVES; CREEP TESTS; CYCLIC LOADINGS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; HARMONIC LOADING; INTERFACE CONDITIONS; INTERFACE EFFECT; INTERFACE SLIDING; INTERFACIAL SLIDING; LOAD TRANSFER; LOSS MODULI; MULTI-WALLED CNT; STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATION; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; TANGENT MODULI; TIME-DEPENDENT; VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CREEP; MICROMECHANICS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN RATE; STRESS RELAXATION;

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EID: 84870670633     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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