Interphase regions that form in heterogeneous materials through various underlying
mechanisms such as poor mechanical or chemical adherence, roughness, and coating, play …

Modern advances in material science and surface chemistry lead to creation of composite
materials with enhanced mechanical, thermal, and other properties. It is now widely …

The asymptotic homogenization theory is usually employed for analysis of composites with
hierarchical microstructures, and the interface effect has to be considered for …

Interfacial microstructure characteristics (eg, volume fraction, thickness, moduli) are crucial
to the overall mechanical properties of graphene/metal nanocomposites. Herein, we …

Interfaces that exist in composites greatly influence their mechanical and conductive
properties. There are usually three interface models to characterize the elastic and …

A well-established methodology to capture interphases in heterogeneous materials is to
replace them by a zero-thickness interface model. Commonly accepted interface models …

This contribution presents a generalized mechanical interface model for nonlinear
kinematics. The interface's response is non-coherent, ie allows for a jump in the …

In this paper, a two-dimensional case study of the Bövik–Benveniste methodology for
imperfect interface modeling of thin elastic layers is performed. The case study problem …

Several experimental investigations corroborate nanosized inclusions as being much more
efficient reinforcements for strengthening polymers as compared to their microsized …

Interphase effects are very crucial to the overall elasto-plastic responses of carbon
nanotubes (CNTs)-reinforced nanocomposites. This work focuses on an investigation of the …