ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the investigation of the effect of carbon nanotube (CNT) waviness on the effective elastic properties of a novel continuous fuzzy ber-reinforced composite (FFRC). Effective elastic properties of this composite estimated by the mechanics of materials (MOM) approach have been compared with those predicted by the MoriTanaka (MT) method. The interphase between a CNT and the polymer matrix which models the nonbonded van der Waals interaction between them is also considered for estimating the effective elastic properties of the FFRC. The effect of CNT waviness on the effective elastic properties of the FFRC is investigated when wavy CNTs are coplanar with either of the two mutually orthogonal planes. Development of wavy CNTs and the micromechanics models are presented in detail.
