Comparison of elastic properties of different shaped particle reinforced composites using micromechanics and finite element method.

Autor: Prasanthi, P. Phani, Babu, K. Sivaji, Niranjan Kumar, M. S. R., Kumar, A. Eswar
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Zdroj: International Journal of Computational Materials Science & Engineering; Jun2020, Vol. 09 Issue 02, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 16p
Abstrakt: In this work, differently shaped carbon nano-sized allotropes reinforced composite properties are estimated and interfacial stresses are calculated and compared to get the best carbon reinforcement. Carbon nanopowder, carbon nanotubes, nanographene and Buckminster fullerenes are selected as these materials have different shapes and reinforcement of these materials in the aluminium matrix will give different properties. The comparative studies are performed by using the Micromechanics and Finite element method. The longitudinal, transverse modulus, Poisson's ratio are estimated along with the interface stresses between the constituents of carbon power/Al matrix composite, fullerene/Al matrix composite, CNT/Al matrix composite and graphene/Al matrix composite. From this work, it is found that the longitudinal modulus of the composite will be higher by using CNT or Graphene reinforcement and carbon particle or Buckminster fullerene reinforcement will give high transverse modulus than CNT and graphene reinforcement. The interfacial stresses generated between the reinforcement and the Aluminum matrix will be less by using carbon nanopowder than the other allotropes consider for the studies. This work will give an idea of the selection of nanoreinforcement of composite material in the perspective of elastic properties and interfacial stresses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index