Polymer nanocomposites offer a wide range of promising applications because of their
much enhanced properties arising from the reinforcement of nanoparticles. However, further …

This article deals with the prediction of thermomechanical properties of fiber reinforced
composites using several micromechanics models. These include strength of material …

Carbon nanotube (CNT) polymer-matrix composites exhibit promising properties as
structural materials for which appropriate constitutive models are sought, to predict their …

This research is aimed at characterizing the elastic properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
reinforced polyimide nanocomposites using a multi-scale simulation approach. The hollow …

The introduction of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into nonconducting polymers has been
observed to yield orders of magnitude increases in conductivity at very low concentrations of …

Graphene and its associated nanostructures (GANS) have been widely investigated by
means of experimental and numerical approaches over the last decade. GANS and GANS …

As a first attempt, the combined application of the differential quadrature method (DQM) and
the Newton–Raphson method is used to solve the hyperbolic (non-Fourier) heat conduction …

This paper presents a hierarchical multiscale simulation framework for investigating the
interface effects in polymer nanocomposites. In this framework, the load transfer ability of the …

Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were introduced in the interlaminar region of
woven carbon fiber—epoxy composites and the mode-I delamination behavior was …

This paper investigates the overall elastic and piezoelectric properties of unidirectional
piezoelectric fiber-reinforced polymer composites containing randomly oriented carbon …