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Design Tool for Simulation of Nanocomposite Material Properties

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dc.contributor.author Worthy, Johnny Lee, III en_US
dc.contributor.department Aerospace Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-10T13:06:51Z
dc.date.available 2013-05-10T13:06:51Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05-08
dc.description.abstract The development of nanocomposites is one of the rapidly evolving areas of composite materials research due to the unique properties exhibited by nanoscale reinforcements. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), for example, have superior mechanical properties with a Young’s Modulus on the order of 1 TPa. However, there exists a considerable gap between the individual properties of CNTs and their stress transfer efficiency in composites. Computational modeling techniques for the determination of mechanical properties of nanocomposites have proven to be very effective through parametric studies to facilitate the design and development of nanocomposites. An integrated design and anslysis tool for composite materials with nanofiller are presented in this paper. This tool combines statistical image analysis with 3D modeling to automate the creation of a Representative Volume Element (RVE) model capable of simulating the material properties of nanocomposites in order to better understand how nanoscale reinforcements enhance materials. en_US
dc.description.advisor Pucha, Raghu - Faculty Mentor; Sankar, Lakshmi - Committee Member/Second Reader en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/46913
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Carbon nanotubes en_US
dc.subject CAE en_US
dc.subject CAD en_US
dc.subject Simulation en_US
dc.subject FEA en_US
dc.subject Nanocomposites en_US
dc.subject CNT en_US
dc.title Design Tool for Simulation of Nanocomposite Material Properties en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Undergraduate Thesis
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local.contributor.corporatename Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
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