Numerical analysis of synergistic reinforcing effect of silica nanoparticle-MWCNT hybrid on epoxy-based composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-137

  Jia, Xiaolong ^a   Liu, Baiyang ^a   Huang, Lan ^a   Hui, David ^b   Yang, Xiaoping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforcement; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; C. Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

HALPIN-TSAI EQUATIONS; IRREGULAR GEOMETRIES; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT; POLYMER BASED COMPOSITE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); SILICA NANOPARTICLES; THEORETICAL METHODS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYPROPYLENES;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 84879120706     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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