초록 |
The Effective Continuum Micromechanics Analysis Code (EC-MAC) was developed and modified to predict the effective thermal and electrical conductivity of composites containing multiple distinct nanoheterogeneities (fibers, spheres, platelets, voids, etc.) each with an arbitrary number of coating layers based upon modified versions of either the Mori-Tanaka or self consistent methods, where the multi-inclusion and multi-phase composites models developed by Nemat-Nasser and Hori. A parametric study was performed to investigate the effect of nanoreinforcement morphology, volume fraction, orientation, and nanoreinforcement-resin interphase properties on calculated effective thermal conductivities. The code is well-suited for predicting thermal and electrical conductivities for composites containing uniformly distributed reinforcements where no percolation pathways have been established. |