Modulus-density negative correlation for CNT-reinforced polymer nanocomposites: Modeling and experiments

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-183

  Drakonakis, Vasileios M ^a,b   Aureli, Matteo ^b   Doumanidis, Charalabos C ^c   Seferis, James C ^a  

^a Polymeric Composites Laboratory   (United States)

^b Reno   (United States)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Porosity; Carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POROSITY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; YARN;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITE; INVERSE RELATIONS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; REINFORCED POLYMERS; WEIGHT PROPERTIES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84914672429     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.10.037     Document Type: Article

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