A Study on Effective Elastic Modulus of Nanocomposites

DOI

10.2991/ame-16.2016.32How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Elastic modulus, Carbon nanotube, Nanocomposite, Fiber, Waviness.

Abstract

Nanocomposites reinforced by carbon nanotubes exhibit great advantages in engineering applications. The waviness of nanotubes is one of the important factors which affect the effective elastic modulus of nanocmposites. This paper aims to develop a new model to replace the wavy carbon nanotubes with effective fiber. The effective modulus of nanocomposites with randomly oriented fibers can be predicted based on the micromechanics. The effects of waviness and agglomeration on the effective modulus are also analyzed. It is shown that they can reduce the stiffness of carbon nanotubes, significantly. Moreover, the effective elastic modulus of nanocomposites is very sensitive to the waviness and the agglomeration.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Li-Chun Bian
AU  - Jing Pan
AU  - Cai-Hua Wang
PY  - 2016/06
DA  - 2016/06
TI  - A Study on Effective Elastic Modulus of Nanocomposites
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Advanced Material Engineering (AME 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 190
EP  - 194
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ame-16.2016.32
DO  - 10.2991/ame-16.2016.32
ID  - Bian2016/06
ER  -