Multi-scale modeling of nonlinear mechanical behavior of polymer/SWNT nanocomposites: Investigation of interphase

Author

Ayatollahi, M.R. ; Shadlou, S. ; Shokrieh, M.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Iran Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Tehran, Iran

fYear

2010

fDate

1-3 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

In this study, a multi-scale modeling was performed to study the behavior of polymer/single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) nanocomposite under tensile, bending and torsional loading conditions. To determine the mechanical properties of both armchair and zigzag SWNTs, a finite element (FE) model of SWNT based on the molecular mechanics theory was proposed in which the SWNT was considered as a 3-D frame with C-C bonds as load bearing components. To model the nonlinear behavior of C-C bonds, the modified Morse interatomic potential was used.

Keywords

Morse potential; bending; carbon nanotubes; filled polymers; finite element analysis; nanocomposites; nanofabrication; potential energy functions; 3D frame; C; Morse interatomic potential; bending loading; finite element model; load bearing components; molecular mechanics theory; multiscale modeling; nonlinear mechanical behavior; polymer nanocomposites; single wall carbon nanotube nanocomposite; tensile loading; torsional loading;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enabling Science and Nanotechnology (ESciNano), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8853-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESCINANO.2010.5701047

Filename

5701047