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Multi-stage micromechanical modeling of effective elastic properties of carbon fiber/carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer hybrid composites

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In this article, a multi-stage hierarchical micromechanical approach is presented to predict the elastic properties of unidirectional carbon fiber (CF)-reinforced polymer hybrid composites containing carbon.
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A multi-stage hierarchical micromechanical approach is presented to predict the elastic properties of unidirectional carbon fiber (CF)-reinforced polymer hybrid composites containing carbon...

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A comprehensive computational approach for nonlinear thermal instability of the electrically FG-GPLRC disk based on GDQ method

TL;DR: In this paper, a fundamental study on the buckling temperature and postbuckling analysis of functionally graded graphene nanoplatelet-reinforced composite (FG-GPLRC) disk covered with a piezoelectric actuator and surrounded by the nonlinear elastic foundation is presented.
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Thermal conductivity of shape memory polymer nanocomposites containing carbon nanotubes: A micromechanical approach

TL;DR: In this article, a new micromechanical formulation based on a unit cell model is developed to predict the effective thermal conductivities of carbon nanotube (CNT)-shape memory polymer (SMP) nanocomposites.
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Effects of adding CNTs on the thermo-mechanical characteristics of hybrid titanium nanocomposites

TL;DR: In this article, the feasibility of using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for improving the thermo-mechanical properties of titanium matrix composites (TMCs) is studied by means of a multi-stage micromechanical approach.
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Interphase influences on the mechanical behavior of carbon nanotube–shape memory polymer nanocomposites: A micromechanical approach:

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of interphase characteristics on the elastic behavior of randomly dispersed carbon nanotube-reinforced shape memory polymer nanocomposites were investigated using a three-dimensional uni...
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Overall thermal conductivity of unidirectional hybrid polymer nanocomposites containing SiO2 nanoparticles

TL;DR: In this paper, a physics-based nested hierarchical approach is established to investigate thermal conducting behavior of micro-filler (in the form of particle, short and long fiber)/nanoparticle-reinforced polymer hybrid nanocomposites.
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Helical microtubules of graphitic carbon

Sumio Iijima
- 01 Nov 1991 - 
TL;DR: Iijima et al. as mentioned in this paper reported the preparation of a new type of finite carbon structure consisting of needle-like tubes, which were produced using an arc-discharge evaporation method similar to that used for fullerene synthesis.
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Load transfer and deformation mechanisms in carbon nanotube-polystyrene composites

TL;DR: In this paper, in situ transmission electron microscopy studies provided information regarding composite deformation mechanisms and interfacial bonding between the multi-wall carbon nanotubes and polymer matrix, indicating significant load transfer across the nanotube-matrix interface.
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Electrical-Conductivity of Individual Carbon Nanotubes

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported four-probe measurements on single nanotubes made by lithographic deposition of tungsten leads across the tubes and found that each multi-shell nanotube has unique conductivity properties.
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Load transfer in carbon nanotube epoxy composites

TL;DR: In this paper, the mechanical behavior of multi-walled carbon nanotube/epoxy composites was studied in both tension and compression, and it was found that the compression modulus is higher than the tensile modulus, indicating that load transfer to the nanotubes in the composite is much higher in compression.
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Fiber waviness in nanotube-reinforced polymer composites-I: Modulus predictions using effective nanotube properties

TL;DR: In this paper, a model combining finite element results and micromechanical methods was developed to determine the effective reinforcing modulus of a wavy embedded nanotube, which was then used within a multiphase micro-computational model to predict the effective modulus for polymers with a distribution of wavy nanotubes.
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