This article is an attempt to identify the topics that are most relevant to carbon nanotube/polymer materials. Publications, in which mechanical properties like stiffness and damping have been predicted, are reviewed. The effects of volume fraction (Vf) and aspect ratio (l/d) on the mechanical properties of composites reinforced with single-walled carbon nanotubes have been studied using molecular dynamics simulations. Results showed that the longitudinal Young’s modulus of the composite is strongly dependent on l/d and carbon nanotube Vf. Analytical models have been compared with the simulation results.
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