Comparison of the mechanical properties between carbon nanotube and nanocrystalline cellulose polypropylene based nano-composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 974-982

  Huang, Jun ^a,b   Rodrigue, Denis ^a  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering ^*  (Canada)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYPROPYLENES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STRAIN; YARN;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; ELASTIC-PLASTIC ANALYSIS; MECHANICS OF MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE(NCC); SHEARING PERFORMANCE; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; TETRAHEDRON ELEMENTS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CARBON; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 84919360583     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.09.081     Document Type: Article

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