Modeling of Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Composites

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes have been identified as promising reinforcing materials for high-performance nanocomposites. Reliable structural applications of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites depend on accurate understanding of their mechanical behavior. Efforts have been made to characterize the mechanical properties of the said nanocomposites. These studies, being typically based on experimental measurements or molecular dynamics simulations, tend to be expensive and configuration/material specific. The use of continuum-based models can mitigate these difficulties and is, therefore, very desirable. Two continuum-based models were developed in the course of this project, one for predicting effective elastic properties of and the other for describing interfacial load transfer in carbon nanotube- reinforced polymer composites.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA435697

Entities

People

  • Xin-lin Gao

Organizations

  • Michigan Technological University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aspect Ratio
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Composite Materials
  • Elastic Properties
  • Fibers
  • Fullerenes
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Nanocomposites
  • Polymer Matrix Composites
  • Reinforcing Materials
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Reinforced Composite Materials