Hybrid and hierarchical nanoreinforced polymer composites: Computational modelling of structure-properties relationships

Composite Structures

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-168

  Mishnaevsky Jr , Leon ^a   Dai, Gaoming ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hybrid composites; Micromechanics; Modelling; Nanocomposites; Strength

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; GLASS; MICROMECHANICS; MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FIBER/MATRIX INTERFACE; HIERARCHICAL COMPOSITE; HYBRID COMPOSITES; NANO-REINFORCED POLYMERS; STRENGTH; STRUCTURE-PROPERTIES RELATIONSHIPS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES; GLASS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84906056679     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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