A coarse-grained model for the elastic properties of cross linked short carbon nanotube/polymer composites

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Autoren

  • Atiyeh Alsadat Mousavi
  • Behrouz Arash
  • Xiaoying Zhuang
  • Timon Rabczuk

Externe Organisationen

  • Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
  • Tongji University
  • Ton Duc Thang University
  • Korea University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)404-411
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftComposites Part B: Engineering
Jahrgang95
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 6 Apr. 2016
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

Short fiber reinforced polymer composites have found extensive industrial and engineering applications owing to their unique combination of low cost, relatively easy processing and superior mechanical properties compared to their parent polymers. In this study, a coarse-grained (CG) model of cross linked carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced polymer matrix composites is developed. A characteristic feature of the CG model is the ability to capture the covalent interactions between polymer chains, and nanotubes and polymer matrix. The dependence of the elastic properties of the composites on the mole fraction of cross links, and the weight fraction and distribution of nanotube reinforcements is discussed. The simulation results reveal that the functionalization of CNTs using methylene cross links is a key factor toward significantly increasing the elastic properties of randomly distributed short CNT reinforced poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) matrix. The applicability of the CG model in predicting the elastic properties of CNT/polymer composites is also evaluated through a verification process with a micromechanical model for unidirectional short fibers.

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A coarse-grained model for the elastic properties of cross linked short carbon nanotube/polymer composites. / Mousavi, Atiyeh Alsadat; Arash, Behrouz; Zhuang, Xiaoying et al.
in: Composites Part B: Engineering, Jahrgang 95, 06.04.2016, S. 404-411.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftÜbersichtsarbeitForschungPeer-Review

Mousavi AA, Arash B, Zhuang X, Rabczuk T. A coarse-grained model for the elastic properties of cross linked short carbon nanotube/polymer composites. Composites Part B: Engineering. 2016 Apr 6;95:404-411. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.03.044
Mousavi, Atiyeh Alsadat ; Arash, Behrouz ; Zhuang, Xiaoying et al. / A coarse-grained model for the elastic properties of cross linked short carbon nanotube/polymer composites. in: Composites Part B: Engineering. 2016 ; Jahrgang 95. S. 404-411.
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