Load transfer of graphene/carbon nanotube/polyethylene hybrid nanocomposite by molecular dynamics simulation

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-33

  Zhang, Yancheng ^a,g   Zhuang, Xiaoying ^b,g   Muthu, Jacob ^c   Mabrouki, Tarek ^d,h   Fontaine, Michaël ^e   Gong, Yadong ^f   Rabczuk, Timon ^a,g  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Korea University   (South Korea)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

A. Hybrid; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Debonding; B. Interface interphase; Molecular dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; POLYMER MATRIX;

A. HYBRID; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; INTERFACE/INTERPHASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; STRESS AND STRAIN; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84898994301     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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