Can carbon nanotubes grown on fibers fundamentally change stress distribution in a composite?

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-34

  Romanov, Valentin S ^a   Lomov, Stepan V ^a   Verpoest, Ignaas ^a   Gorbatikh, Larissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Stress concentrations; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); C. Multi scale modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE; EMBEDDED REGIONS; FIBER/MATRIX INTERFACE; INTERFACIAL STRESS; MODELLING STUDIES; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; TWO-MATERIALS;

STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84899418983     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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