Coupling mechanical and electrical behavior in the multi-scale simulation of polymer-based CNT nanocomposites
A numeric model has been proposed to investigate the mechanical and electrical properties of a polymeric/carbon nanotube (CNT) composite material subjected to a deformation force. The reinforcing phase affects the behavior of the polymeric matrix and depends on the nanofiber aspect ratio and prefere...
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| Formato: | conferencePaper |
| Idioma: | eng |
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2012
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| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/21879 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/21879 |
| Resumo: | A numeric model has been proposed to investigate the mechanical and electrical properties of a polymeric/carbon nanotube (CNT) composite material subjected to a deformation force. The reinforcing phase affects the behavior of the polymeric matrix and depends on the nanofiber aspect ratio and preferential orientation. The simulations show that the mechanical behavior of a computer generated material (CGM) depends on fiber length and initial orientation in the polymeric matrix. It is also shown how the conductivity of the polymer/CNT composite can be calculated for each time step of applied stress, effectively providing the ability to simulate and predict strain-dependent electrical behavior of CNT nanocomposites. |
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