Materials 2013, 6(7), 2873-2891; doi:10.3390/ma6072873
Polymeric Materials Reinforced with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: A Constitutive Material Model
1
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur Monterrey CP64849, Mexico
2
Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna Hermosillo 140 Saltillo, Coahuila CP25250, Mexico
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 12 April 2013 / Revised: 3 June 2013 / Accepted: 24 June 2013 / Published: 16 July 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Constitutive Behavior of Composite Materials)
Abstract
In this paper we have modified an existing material model introduced by Cantournet and co-workers to take into account softening and residual strain effects observed in polymeric materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes when subjected to loading and unloading cycles. In order to assess the accuracy of the modified material model, we have compared theoretical predictions with uniaxial extension experimental data obtained from reinforced polymeric material samples. It is shown that the proposed model follows experimental data well as its maximum errors attained are lower than 2.67%, 3.66%, 7.11% and 6.20% for brominated isobutylene and paramethylstyrene copolymer reinforced with multiwall carbon nanotubes (BIMSM-MWCNT), reinforced natural rubber (NR-MWCNT), polybutadiene-carbon black (PB-CB), and PC/ABS reinforced with single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), respectively.
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 3.0).
Scifeed alert for new publications
Never miss any articles matching your research from any publisher- Get alerts for new papers matching your research
- Find out the new papers from selected authors
- Updated daily for 49'000+ journals and 6000+ publishers
- Define your Scifeed now
Share & Cite This Article
MDPI and ACS Style
Córdova, R.K.; Elías-Zúiga, A.; Elizalde, L.E.; Siller, H.R.; Sánchez, J.A.; Rodríguez, C.A.; Ortega, W. Polymeric Materials Reinforced with Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: A Constitutive Material Model. Materials 2013, 6, 2873-2891.
Related Articles
Article Metrics
Comments
[Return to top]
Materials
EISSN 1996-1944
Published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
RSS
E-Mail Table of Contents Alert