TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of interphase in the mechanical behavior of silica/epoxy resin nanocomposites
AU - Hua, Yi
AU - Gu, Linxia
AU - Premaraj, Sundaralingam
AU - Zhang, Xiaodong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by the authors.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - A nanoscale representative volume element has been developed to investigate the effect of interphase geometry and property on the mechanical behavior of silica/epoxy resin nanocomposites. The role of interphase-matrix bonding was also examined. Results suggested that interphase modulus and interfacial bonding conditions had significant influence on the effective stiffness of nanocomposites, while its sensitivities with respect to both the thickness and the gradient property of the interphase was minimal. The stiffer interphase demonstrated a higher load-sharing capacity, which also increased the stress distribution uniformity within the resin nanocomposites. Under the condition of imperfect interfacial bonding, the effective stiffness of nanocomposites was much lower, which was in good agreement with the documented experimental observations. This work could shed some light on the design and manufacturing of resin nanocomposites.
AB - A nanoscale representative volume element has been developed to investigate the effect of interphase geometry and property on the mechanical behavior of silica/epoxy resin nanocomposites. The role of interphase-matrix bonding was also examined. Results suggested that interphase modulus and interfacial bonding conditions had significant influence on the effective stiffness of nanocomposites, while its sensitivities with respect to both the thickness and the gradient property of the interphase was minimal. The stiffer interphase demonstrated a higher load-sharing capacity, which also increased the stress distribution uniformity within the resin nanocomposites. Under the condition of imperfect interfacial bonding, the effective stiffness of nanocomposites was much lower, which was in good agreement with the documented experimental observations. This work could shed some light on the design and manufacturing of resin nanocomposites.
KW - Computational modeling
KW - Interface/interphase
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Nano-structures
KW - Representative volume element
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U2 - 10.3390/ma8063519
DO - 10.3390/ma8063519
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84936818730
VL - 8
SP - 3519
EP - 3531
JO - Materials
JF - Materials
SN - 1996-1944
IS - 6
ER -