Mir Hamid Reza Ghoreishy - Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
Ghasem Naderi - Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
Masoud Mansour - Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran

This research work is devoted to the theoretical and experimental study of the mechanical behavior of nano-composites based on PA6/NBR thermoplastic elastomer reinforced by single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The modeling methodology was based on the use of two-dimensional Representative Volume Elements (RVE). The Abaqus/standard code was employed to carry out the nonlinear finite element calculations. The highest and lowest predicted moduli were obtained from models with regular orientation in longitudinal and transverse directions, respectively. Comparison between predicted elastic modulus and elastic-plastic behaviors of the samples with their corresponding experimental data revealed that the random orientation in conjunction with hollow structural form gives the best results

Nano-composite - Carbon nanotube – Modeling – RVE - Finite element method