The effect of carbon nanotube orientation and content on the mechanical properties of polypropylene based composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 653-663

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Polypropylene; Single wall carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STRAIN RATE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; VOLUME FRACTION;

COMPRESSIVE ELASTIC MODULUS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NANOTUBE ORIENTATION; ORIENTATION ANGLES; POLYPROPYLENE BASED COMPOSITES; TETRAHEDRON ELEMENTS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84887400630     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.10.039     Document Type: Article

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