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Micromechanical characterizing elastic, thermoelastic and viscoelastic properties of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced polymer nanocomposites

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In this work, elastic, thermoelastic and viscoelastic properties of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced polymer nanocomposites are investigated using a 3-dimensional micromechanics-based approach. The main advantage of the proposed micromechanical model is its ability to give closed-form formulation for predicting the effective properties of nanocomposites. In the micromechanical modeling, the interphase formed due to non-boned van der Waals interaction between the continuous CNT and polymer matrix is considered through employing an individual representative volume element. The validity of the model is examined by comparing its results with other theoretical approaches and experimental data available in the literature. The effects of various types of CNTs arrangement in the matrix, i.e. uniform distribution and different functionally graded distributions on the elastic, thermoelastic and viscoelastic properties of polymer nanocomposites are investigated in detail. Furthermore, random arrangement of CNTs in the matrix is modelled. The influences of CNT/polymer matrix interphase and CNT volume fraction on the effective properties of nanocomposites are also studied. Finally, the viscoelastic response of nanocomposites under multiaxial loading is extracted and interpreted.

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    Reza Ansari & Mohammad Kazem Hassanzadeh-Aghdam

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Ansari, R., Hassanzadeh-Aghdam, M.K. Micromechanical characterizing elastic, thermoelastic and viscoelastic properties of functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced polymer nanocomposites. Meccanica 52, 1625–1640 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-016-0512-1

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