Uncertainty quantification for multiscale modeling of polymer nanocomposites with correlated parameters

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 446-464

  Vu Bac, N ^a   Rafiee, R ^b   Zhuang, X ^c   Lahmer, T ^a   Rabczuk, T ^a  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; C. Computational modeling; C. Micro mechanics; Multiscale modeling

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTIC MODULI; NANOCOMPOSITES; POISSON RATIO; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION; YARN;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CORRELATED PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84908023015     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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