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Computers and Concrete
  Volume 22, Number 6, December 2018 , pages 501-514
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/cac.2018.22.6.501
 


Deflection and stress behaviour of multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced laminated composite beams
Achchhe Lal and Kanif Markad

 
Abstract
    The paper presents the thermo-mechanically induced non-linear response of multiwall carbon nanotube reinforced laminated composite beam (MWCNTRCB) supported by elastic foundation using higher order shear deformation theory and von-Karman non-linear kinematics. The elastic properties of MWCNT reinforced composites are evaluated using Halpin–Tsai model by considering MWCNT reinforced polymer matrix as new matrix by dispersing in it and then reinforced with E-glass fiber in an orthotropic manner. The laminated beam is supported by Pasternak elastic foundation with Winkler cubic nonlinearity. A generalized static analysis is formulated using finite element method (FEM) through principle of minimum potential energy approach.
 
Key Words
    FEM; Multiwall carbon nanotube; laminated composite beam; elastic foundation
 
Address
Achchhe Lal and Kanif Markad: Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT Surat-395007, India
 

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