Elastic modulus measurement of polymer matrix nano-composites reinforced by platelet nano-clays

	Elastic modulus measurement of polymer matrix nano-composites reinforced by platelet nano-clays
Article 10, Volume 5, Issue 3, Summer 2014, Page 273-278 PDF (647 K)
Document Type: Reasearch Paper
DOI: 10.7508/ijnd.2014.03.009
Author
S. Saber Samandari
New Technologies Research Centre, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, PO Box 1591633311, Iran.
Abstract
Polymer-clay nano-composite materials, in which nano-meter thick layers of clay dispersed in polymer matrix, have generally higher mechanical properties than normal polymeric materials. A new three-dimensional unit cell model has been developed for modeling three constituent phases including inclusion, interphase and matrix. The total elastic modulus of nano-composite is evaluated. Numerical results are in good agreement with the previous proposed theoretical modeling. Higher matrix and inclusion elastic modulus both can dramatically increase the total elastic modulus.
Keywords
elastic modulus; Nano-composites; Polymer; Nano-clay; Modeling

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