Micromechanical modeling of the elastic behavior of polypropylene based organoclay nanocomposites under a wide range of temperatures and strain rates/frequencies

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-68

  Wang, K ^a,b   Ahzi, S ^a   Matadi Boumbimba, R ^a   Bahlouli, N ^a   Addiego, F ^b   Remond Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Dynamic behavior; Elastic modulus; Nanocomposites; Organoclay; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; ORGANOCLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BARS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTIC MODULI; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOCLAY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUME FRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84879104880     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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