 A methodology for strength and reliability analysis of carbon nanotube/nanofibre and conventional composite platesSrikanth Pilla and Aaron Hammitt International Journal of Reliability and Safety, 2007, vol. 1, issue 3, 290-312 Abstract: A methodology for predicting the non-linear static response and reliability of plates made of conventional composite and nanocomposite materials is presented. The methodology was developed by integrating micromechanics models for both conventional composites and nanocomposites with tools for strength and reliability analysis of plates. Inputs to the model for strength analysis are the material properties of the composite obtained from the micromechanics model and the plate geometry and boundary conditions. Output of the model for strength analysis includes the load-deflection data for a plate under axial or transverse loading. The reliability analysis approach yields the probabilities of the failure modes and the sensitivities of these probabilities to the random variables. The methodology is demonstrated on a rectangular plate subjected to an in-plane compressive load with initial imperfections. Keywords: strength analysis; reliability analysis; nanofibre-matrix interface; nanocomposites; nanofibres; nanomaterials; nanotechnology; composite plates; carbon nanotubes; composites; micromechanics modelling; load deflection. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijrsaf:v:1:y:2007:i:3:p:290-312 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Reliability and Safety from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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