Equivalent continuum models of carbon nanotube reinforced polypropylene composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 936-945

  Huang, Jun ^a,b   Rodrigue, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Deformation; Finite element method; Polypropylene; Stress strain curves

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

ELASTIC-PLASTIC MATERIAL; EQUIVALENT-CONTINUUM MODELS; LINEAR ELASTIC MATERIAL; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; REINFORCING MATERIALS; TRANSVERSE DEFORMATION;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 84876997661     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.03.095     Document Type: Article

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