Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Silica / Epoxy Nano - Composites by Molecular Dynamics and Finite Element Modeling :
نویسندگان
چکیده
292 TMS 2011 Annual Meeting Final Program W E D N E S D A Y A M 2011 Functional and Structural Nanomaterials: Fabrication, Properties, Applications and Implications: Ultra-Fine Grained Materials II Sponsored by: The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS Electronic, Magnetic, and Photonic Materials Division, TMS: Nanomaterials Committee Program Organizers: Jiyoung Kim, Univ of Texas; David Stollberg, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Seong Jin Koh, University of Texas at Arlington; Nitin Chopra, The University of Alabama; Suveen Mathaudhu, U.S. Army Research Office
منابع مشابه
Finite Element Analysis of Low Velocity Impact on Carbon Fibers/Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Polymer Composites
An effort is made to gain insight on the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the impact response of carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRs) under low velocity impact. Certain amount of CNTs could lead improvements in mechanical properties of composites. In the present investigation, ABAQUS/Explicit finite element code (FEM) is employed to investigate various damages modes of nano composites ...
متن کاملMechanical Properties of CNT-Reinforced Polymer Nano-composites: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Understanding the mechanism underlying the behavior of polymer-based nanocomposites requires investigation at the molecular level. In the current study, an atomistic simulation based on molecular dynamics was performed to characterize the mechanical properties of polycarbonate (PC) nanocomposites reinforced with single-walled armchair carbon nanotubes (SWCNT). The stiffness matrix and elastic p...
متن کاملInvestigation of Vacancy Defects on the Young’s Modulus of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites in Axial Direction via a Multiscale Modeling Approach
In this article, the influence of various vacancy defects on the Young’s modulus of carbon nanotube (CNT) - reinforcement polymer composite in the axial direction is investigated via a structural model in ANSYS software. Their high strength can be affected by the presence of defects in the nanotubes used as reinforcements in practical nanocomposites. Molecular structural mechanics (MSM)/finite ...
متن کاملMechanical Properties of Graphene/Epoxy Nanocomposites under Static and Flexural Fatigue Loadings
In the present study, the effect of various weight fractions of graphene nanoplatelet (GPL) on flexural fatigue behavior of epoxy polymer has been investigated at room temperature and generally the temperature was monitored on the surface of specimen during each test. The flexural stiffness of grapheme nano-platelet/epoxy nanocomposites at 0.1, 0.25 and 0.5 wt. % as a main effective parameter o...
متن کاملEffects of nano silica on the Anticorrosive properties of epoxy coatings
In this study a series of epoxy/silica nanocomposites were prepared by using nano silica particles which had different surface modifications. The morphology of the nanocomposite coatings was characterized by scanning electron microscopy SEM. The effects of the hydrophilic and hydrophobic feature of the nano particles on the Tg and anticorrosive properties of nanocomposite coatings were evaluate...
متن کامل