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Investigation the stability of SWCNT-polymer composites in the presence of CNT geometrical defects using multiscale modeling
, Article 4th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, MMM 2008, 27 October 2008 through 31 October 2008 ; 2008 , Pages 163-166 ; 9780615247816 (ISBN) ; Naghdabadi, R ; Sharif University of Technology
Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University
2008
Abstract
CNT-reinforced polymer composites have attracted attention due to their exceptional high strength. The high strength can be affected by the presence of defects in the nanotubes used as reinforcements in the practical nanocomposites. In this paper, a Molecular Structural Mechanics / Finite Element (MSM/FE) multiscale modeling is used to study the effect of carbon nanotube geometrical defects on the stability of SWCNT-polymer composites. Here, two types of representative volume elements (RVEs) for these nanocomposites are considered with perfect and defected CNT. These RVEs have the same dimensions. The nanotube is modeled at the atomistic scale using molecular structural mechanics whereas the...