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Determination of an Innovative Consistent Law for the Rheological Behavior of Polymer/Carbon Nanotubes Composites
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Soft Nanoscience Letters·Volume 01 (2011)·Pages 1–5·Published 27 January 2011·DOI10.4236/snl.2011.11001
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Abstract
An innovative constitutive model for the rheological behavior of the polymer/carbon nanotubes composites is proposed in this paper. Based on experimental investigations, this consistent law gives the evolution of the composite shear viscosity versus the shear rate, over a large range, and the temperature with various carbon nanotubes mass fractions. Hence, this consistent could be implemented in a finite element code in order to lead many polymer/carbon nanotubes manufacturing process like injection molding or hot embossing.
KeywordsCarbon NanotubesCompositeRheological Behavio
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