Elastic properties of UHMWPE-SWCNT nanocomposites' fiber: An experimental, theoretic, and molecular dynamics evaluation

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1593-1600

  Khan, Mujibur R ^a   Mahfuz, Hassan ^b   Adnan, Ashfaq ^c   Shabib, Ishraq ^d   Leventouri, Theodora ^e  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^d University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

molecular model; shear lag model; solution spinning; strain hardening; SWCNT; UHMWPE

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; LOADING-UNLOADING CYCLES; SHEAR-LAG MODEL; SIMULATED STRUCTURE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); SWCNT; UNIAXIAL TENSILE STRAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; LOADING; MOLECULAR MODELING; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPINNING (FIBERS); STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE TESTING; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; UNLOADING;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84878016577     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: 15441024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-013-0471-9     Document Type: Article

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