<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/14826" mdate="2008-11-25 00:00:00"> <author>Kaveh PourAkbar Saffar and Nima JamilPour and Ahmad Raeisi Najafi and Gholamreza Rouhi and Ahmad Reza Arshi and Abdolhossein Fereidoon</author> <title>A Finite Element Model for Estimating Youngs Modulus of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites Incorporating Elastic CrossLinks</title> <pages>1209 - 1212</pages> <year>2008</year> <volume>2</volume> <number>11</number> <journal>International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14826</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/23</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>The presence of chemical bonding between functionalized carbon nanotubes and matrix in carbon nanotube reinforced composites is modeled by elastic beam elements representing covalent bonding characteristics. Neglecting other reinforcing mechanisms in the composite such as relatively weak interatomic Van der Waals forces, this model shows close results to the Rule of Mixtures models prediction for effective Youngs modulus of a Representative Volume Element of composite for small volume fractions (1) and high aspect ratios (LD&amp;amp;gt;200) of CNTs. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 23, 2008</index> </article>