Figure 1 shows the length scales involved in a typical nanoparticle reinforced fiber
composite. The nanoparticle (nanoclay) reinforcements are nanometer (~ 10-9 meters) thick …

Over the past decade, mechanical characterization data for nanoparticle-reinforced polymer
matrix composites have shown significant improvements in compressive strength and …

In this article, a novel technique to model damage and damage evolution in polymer
nanocomposites (PNCs) using the internal state variable approach is proposed. The …

The bottleneck for inserting new and improved polymer matrix composites (PMC) is the
overwhelming amount of testing required to incorporate new material into the Design …

Figure 1 shows the length scales involved in a typical nanoparticle reinforced fiber-
reinforced polymer-matrix composite. The nanoparticle reinforcements are nanometer (~ 10 …

HE nano-scale interaction between polymer molecules and nanoparticle is a key factor in
determining the macro-scale strength of the composite. In recent years numerous efforts …

This chapter discusses a methodology to study fracture at the atomistic level. It explains
evaluation of J-integral at the atomistic level using information obtained from molecular …

Figure 1 shows the length scales involved in a typical nanoparticle reinforced fiber
composite. The nanoparticle (nanoclay) reinforcements are nanometer (~ 10-9 meters) thick …

The work done in this thesis aims to improve understanding of advanced multifunctional
nanocomposite materials by developing physics-based multi-scale model of nanoparticle …

This paper is aimed towards understanding damage progression and failure in advanced
nanostructured composite materials. The molecular dynamics program LAMMPS,(Large …