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Volume 17, Issue 4, 2008
LETTER: NANO-FIBRE CRITICAL LENGTH DEPENDS ON SHAPE
K. L. Goh1,*, A. M. A. Huq2, R. M. Aspden3 and D. W. L.Hukins4
1School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Division of Bioengineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, N1.3 B5, Singapore 637457
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen, IMS Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
4 School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed
Received 12 May 2008; accepted 4 July 2008
ABSTRACT
Nano-fibres in composite materials may not be cylindrical. A theoretical analysis shows that non-cylindrical nano-fibres have longer critical lengths leading to composites with different mechanical properties requiring a lower volume of reinforcing material.
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