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A Study on the Development of Multiscale Bridging Method Considering the Particle Size and Concentration Effect of Nanocomposites  

Yang, Seung-Hwa (서울대학교 기계항공공학부)
Yu, Su-Young (서울대학교 기계항공공학부)
Cho, Maeng-Hyo (서울대학교 기계항공공학부)
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Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea / v.22, no.4, 2009 , pp. 343-348 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, an efficient sequential bridging method to characterize both the particle size effect and concentration effect on the mechanical properties of nanocomposites at high volume fraction is suggested through a molecular dynamics(MD) simulations and micromechanics of composites materials. The Young's modulus and the shear modulus of the nanocomposites at various particle radius and at 12% volume fraction were obtained from MD simulations and multi-inclusion model was adopted to describe both modulus in continuum model. In order to describe the particle size effect, an additional phase, effective interface, was adopted as characteristic phase and the non-dilute concentration effect which appears at 12% volume fraction was describe via the variation of the elastic modulus of the infinite medium. Both the elastic modulus of the interface and infinite medium were fitted into functions of particle radius for the applicability of the present bridging method at various particle radii. Using the present bridging method the elastic modulus of the nanocomposites was efficiently obtained with accuracy. In addition, the effect of the interface thickness and modulus on the elastic modulus of the nanocomposite was investigated.
Keywords
nanocomposites; multiscale; molecular dynamics; size effect; effective interface;
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