Skip to main content
Disciplines
Automotive Business IT + Informatics Construction + Real Estate Electrical Engineering + Electronics Energy + Sustainability Insurance + Risk Finance + Banking Management + Leadership Marketing + Sales Mechanical Engineering + Materials
Events
DE
EN
Books
Journals
Topic Page
Marketing
Start single access now
Access for companies
EXTENDED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Acta Mechanica
Published in: Acta Mechanica 8/2019

10-05-2019 | Original Paper

Prediction of interface stiffness of single-walled carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer composites by shear-lag model

Authors: Yan-Gao Hu, Y. F. Li, J. Han, C. P. Hu, Zh. h. Chen, S. T. Gu

Published in: Acta Mechanica | Issue 8/2019

Login to get access

Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.

search-config
loading …

Abstract

Interfacial stress transfer of single-walled carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer composites subjected to uniaxial tension was investigated by a newly developed shear-lag model integrated with a spring layer model. A linear relationship between the tangential relative displacement and the interfacial shear stress was assumed for the interface which is determined by van der Waals forces. The interface stiffness parameter was determined through comparing the stress distribution of the shear-lag model with multiscale simulation results. The effect of the interface stiffness and the nanotube’s aspect ratios on the distribution of stress in CNT-reinforced composites was studied.
previous article Complete general solution for Lord–Shulman generalized thermoelastodynamics by using potential functions for transversely isotropic solids
next article Free vibration and parametric instability of viscoelastic sandwich plates with functionally graded material constraining layer
Literature
1.
Thostenson, E.T., Ren, Z.F., Chou, T.W.: Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review. Compos. Sci. Technol. 61(13), 1899–1912 (2001)CrossRef
2.
Maruyama, B., Alam, H.: Carbon nanotubes and nanofibers in composite materials. Sampe J. 38(3), 59–70 (2002)
3.
Ajayan, P.M., Schadler, L.S., Giannaris, C., Rubio, A.: Single-walled carbon nanotube–polymer composites: strength and weakness. Adv. Mater. 12(10), 750–753 (2000)CrossRef
4.
Schadler, L.S., Giannaris, S.C., Ajayan, P.M.: Load transfer in carbon nanotube epoxy composites. Appl. Phys. Lett. 73(26), 3842–3844 (1998)CrossRef
5.
Qian, D., Dickey, E.C., Andrews, R., Rantell, T.: Load transfer and deformation mechanisms in carbon nanotube–polystyrene composites. Appl. Phys. Lett. 76(20), 2868–2870 (2000)CrossRef
6.
Chang, B.H., Liu, Z.Q., Sun, L.F., Tang, D.S., Zhou, W.Y., Wang, G., Qian, L.X., Xie, S.S., Fen, J.H., Wan, M.X.: Conductivity and magnetic susceptibility of nanotube/polypyrrole nanocomposites. J. Low. Temp. Phys. 119(1), 41–48 (2000)CrossRef
7.
Barber, A.H., Cohen, S.R., Wagner, H.D.: Measurement of carbon nanotube–polymer interfacial strength. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82(23), 4140–4142 (2003)CrossRef
8.
Chen, X.M., Zheng, M., Park, C., Ke, C.H.: Direct measurements of the mechanical strength of carbon nanotube–poly(methyl methacrylate) interfaces. Small 9(19), 3345–3351 (2013)
9.
Lordi, V., Yao, N.: Molecular mechanics of binding in carbon–nanotube–polymer composites. J. Mater. Res. 15(12), 2770–2779 (2000)CrossRef
10.
Liao, K., Li, S.: Interfacial characteristics of a carbon nanotube–polystyrene composite system. Appl. Phys. Lett. 79(25), 4225–4227 (2001)CrossRef
11.
Subramanian, N., Rai, A., Chattopadhyay, A.: Atomistically derived cohesive behavior of interphases in carbon fiber reinforced CNT nanocomposites. Carbon 117, 55–64 (2017)CrossRef
12.
Frankland, S.J.V., Harik, V.M.: Analysis of carbon nanotube pull-out from a polymer matrix. Surf. Sci. 525(1), L103–L108 (2003)CrossRef
13.
Frankland, S.J.V., Caglar, A., Brenner, D.W., Griebel, M.: Molecular simulation of the influence of chemical cross-links on the shear strength of carbon nanotube–polymer interfaces. J. Phys. Chem. B 106(12), 3046–3048 (2002)CrossRef
14.
Frankland, S.J.V., Harik, V.M., Odegard, G.M., Brenner, D.W., Gates, T.S.: The stress–strain behavior of polymer–nanotube composites from molecular dynamics simulation. Compos. Sci. Technol. 63(11), 1655–1661 (2003)CrossRef
15.
Gou, J.H., Minaie, B., Wang, B., Liang, Z.Y., Zhang, C.: Computational and experimental study of interfacial bonding of single-walled nanotube reinforced composites. Comput. Mater. Sci. 31(3–4), 225–236 (2004)CrossRef
16.
Xiong, Q.L., Meguid, S.A.: Atomistic investigation of the interfacial mechanical characteristics of carbon nanotube reinforced epoxy composite. Eur. Polym. J. 69, 1–15 (2015)CrossRef
17.
Wagner, H.D.: Nanotube-polymer adhesion: a mechanics approach. Chem. Phys. Lett. 361(1–2), 57–61 (2002)CrossRef
18.
Gao, X.L., Li, K.: A shear-lag model for carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer composites. Int. J. Solids. Struct. 42(5–6), 1649–1667 (2005)CrossRefMATH
19.
Tsai, J.L., Lu, T.C.: Investigating the load transfer efficiency in carbon nanotubes reinforced nanocomposites. Compos. Struct. 90(2), 172–179 (2009)CrossRef
20.
Ayatollahi, M.R., Shadlou, S., Shokrieh, M.M.: Multiscale modeling for mechanical properties of carbon nanotube reinforced nanocomposites subjected to different types of loading. Compos. Struct. 93(9), 2250–2259 (2011)CrossRef
21.
Li, C.Y., Chou, T.W.: Multiscale modeling of carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composites. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 3(5), 423–430 (2003)CrossRef
22.
Alian, A.R., Kundalwal, S.I., Meguid, S.A.: Multiscale modeling of carbon nanotube epoxy composites. Polymer 70, 149–160 (2015)CrossRef
23.
Thostenson, E.T., Chou, T.W.: On the elastic properties of carbon nanotube-based composites: modelling and characterization. J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. 36(5), 573–582 (2003)CrossRef
24.
Cox, H.L.: The elasticity and strength of paper and other fibrous materials. Br. J. Appl. Phys. 3(3), 72 (1952)CrossRef
25.
McCartney, L.N.: Analytical models of stress transfer in unidirectional composites and cross-ply laminates, and their application to the prediction of matrix/transverse cracking. In: Reddy, J.N., Reifsnider, K.L. (eds.) Local Mechanics Concepts for Composite Material Systems, pp. 251–282. Springer, Berlin (1992)CrossRef
26.
Nairn, J.A.: On the use of shear-lag methods for analysis of stress transfer unidirectional composites. Mech. Mater. 26(2), 63–80 (1997)CrossRef
27.
Haque, A., Ramasetty, A.: Theoretical study of stress transfer in carbon nanotube reinforced polymer matrix composites. Compos. Struct. 71(1), 68–77 (2005)CrossRef
28.
Ang, K.K., Ahmed, K.S.: An improved shear-lag model for carbon nanotube reinforced polymer composites. Compos. Part. B Eng. 50, 7–14 (2013)CrossRef
29.
Guo, G.D., Zhu, Y.: Cohesive-shear-lag modeling of interfacial stress transfer between a monolayer graphene and a polymer substrate. J. Appl. Mech. 82(3), 031005 (2015)CrossRef
30.
Ansari, R., Rouhi, S., Momen, A.: Predicting mechanical properties and buckling behavior of single-walled silicon carbide nanocones using a finite element method. Appl. Phys. A 119(3), 1039–1045 (2015)CrossRef
31.
Metadata
Title
Prediction of interface stiffness of single-walled carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer composites by shear-lag model
Authors
Yan-Gao Hu
Y. F. Li
J. Han
C. P. Hu
Zh. h. Chen
S. T. Gu
Publication date
10-05-2019
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Acta Mechanica / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0001-5970
Electronic ISSN: 1619-6937
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-019-02426-7

Other articles of this Issue 8/2019

Acta Mechanica 8/2019 Go to the issue

Original Paper

Two-dimensional linear models of multilayered anisotropic plates

Original Paper

Complete general solution for Lord–Shulman generalized thermoelastodynamics by using potential functions for transversely isotropic solids

Original Paper

Exact analysis based on BDLTNE approach for thermal behaviour in living tissues during regional hyperthermia therapy

Original Paper

Kinematics analysis of scissor-type inspired interconnects

Original Paper

Aifantis versus Lam strain gradient models of Bishop elastic rods

Original Paper

Increase in buckling loads of plates by introduction of cutouts

Premium Partners

    Image Credits