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Elastic constants for an intercalated layered-silicate/polymer nanocomposite using the effective particle concept – A parametric study using numerical and analytical continuum approaches

This paper reported the development of an advanced modelling framework for predicting the effective elastic constants of polymer-clay nanocomposites. An important conclusion is that both FE and analytical approaches can account rigorously for the anisotropy of the effective clay particle, which is revealed for the first time. This is of great value to material scientists and engineers for quantitative predictions of the elastic response of nanocomposites. The research contributed to the winning of a research grant from the Irish Research Council (~£65k) in 2010.