Effects of Structural Parameters on Mechanical Properties Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites

Autor: M. Mehrdad shokrieh, S.E. Sonbolestan
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: علوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 187-195 (2007)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1016-3255
2008-0883
DOI: 10.22063/jipst.2007.798
Popis: Nanocomposite materials have recently attracted increasing interests in the field of modelling. Finite element modelling can be used for computation of bulk properties of polymer/clay nanocomposites. In this study, by considering the structure of a nano-composite material, a quasi real model is proposed. The model has been used to predict the elastic constants by selection of suitable elements and boundary conditions. The effects of nano-structural parameters on the mechanical properties of a polymer/clay nano-composite are studied. The geometrical overlap of particles, horizontal distance between particles, length of particles and nano-clay volume fraction are defined as functions of the nano-structural parameters and their effects on mechanical properties of nano-composites are studied by a finite element modelling technique.
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