ABSTRACT
A unique probabilistic theory is described to predict the uniaxial strengths and fracture properties of nanocomposites. The simulation is based on composite micromechanics with progressive substructuring down to a nanoscale slice of a nanofiber where all the governing equations are formulated. A couple of papers explored the construction of nanocomposites for rocket ablative material and for carbon nanotubes for adaptive structures. A unique mechanistic method is described to probabilistically simulate several uniaxial strengths and fracture of a nanofiber uniaxial composite. The fracture for uniaxial nanofiber composites are the same as their respective uniaxial nanofiber uniaxial strengths. The uniaxial strength and fracture includes two fabrication parameters, 5-nanouniaxial strengths/fracture. The voids contribute significantly to matrix-dominated strengths/fracture—that is, longitudinal compression, transverse tension and compression, and all intralaminar/interlaminar properties.
