3-D microstructure reconstruction of polymer nano-composite using FIB-SEM and statistical correlation function

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-54

  Sheidaei, A ^a   Baniassadi, M ^b   Banu, M ^c   Askeland, P ^a   Pahlavanpour, M ^d   Kuuttila, Nick ^a   Pourboghrat, F ^a   Drzal, L T ^a   Garmestani, H ^e  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; C. Modeling; D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); STATISTICAL CORRELATION FUNCTION; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; TWO-POINT CORRELATION FUNCTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84875827317     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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