@MISC{Virginia_thaiaa/asme/asce/ahs, author = {April Norfolk Virginia}, title = {th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Confere AIAA 2003-1701}, year = {} }
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Abstract
The effects of the chemical functionalization of a carbon nanotube embedded in a nanotube/polyethylene composite on the bulk elastic properties are presented. Constitutive equations are established for both functionalized and non- funcfionalized nanotube composites systems by using an equivalent-continuum modeling technique. The elastic properties of both composites systems are predicted for various nanotube lengths, volume fractions, and orientations. The results indicate that for the specific composite material considered in this study, most of the elastic stiffness constants of the funcfionalized composite are either less than or equal to those of the non-functionalized composite.