Contact: Oleksandr Hondliakh,Marc Weirich,Sergiy Antonyuk

Funding: DFG (554884501)

In this study, a discrete-continuum approach is developing for a representative volume element (RVE) of a nanoreinforced polymer using a three-layer model of "CNT - adhesion layer - polymer continuum". The numerical experiments on “pulling out” CNT from a polymer matrix  are being carried out for study the nucleation mechanisms of the nano-defects in RVE and local microdefect zones in a polymer matrix depend on the loading history of the CNT. The main focus of the numerical studies is on the determination of the effect of CNT concentration in the polymer matrix on the strength parameters of nanoreinforced polymers. As a result, the mechanisms of destruction in nanoreinforced polymers will be described and a mathematical model will be developed for studying the nonlinear behavior of nanomodified components using a unified approach at the nano-, micro- and macrolevels.