Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Based Composites under Consideration of Defects

• Main Authors: Rahmandoust, Moones (Author), Ayatollahi, Majid R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Advanced Structured Materials, 39
• Subjects: Materials science.; Continuum mechanics.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

This volume presents the characterization methods involved with carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube-based composites, with a more detailed look at computational mechanics approaches, namely the finite element method. Special emphasis is placed on studies that consider the extent to which imperfecti...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Carbon Nanotubes
• 3 Nanocomposites
• 4 CNT-based nanocomposites
• 5 CNT/FRP composites
• 6 Summary.