Multiscale mechanical phenomena in electrospun carbon nanotube composites

Autor: Ante Agić
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 108:1191-1200
ISSN: 1097-4628
0021-8995
DOI: 10.1002/app.27791
Popis: The carbon nanotube (CNT) structure is a promising building block for future nanocomposite structures. Mechanical properties of the electrospun butadiene elastomer reinforced with CNT are analyzed by multiscale method. Nanofiber diameter dependence on electric field and solution concentration is estimated from experimental data. The fiber microscale effective properties are determined by homogenization procedure using modified shear-lag model, while the point-bonded stochastic fibrous network on the mesoscale replaced by continuum effective sheet. Random fibrous network was generated according experimentally determined stochastic quantifiers. The influence of CNT reinforcement on elastic modulus of electrospun sheet on macroscopic level is determined by finite element method.
Databáze: OpenAIRE