SIMULATING THE DISPERSION OF CARBON NANOFIBERS IN POLYMER COMPOSITES

摘要

The current work studies the effect of simple shear flows (dominant in typical polymer processes) on the dispersion state of CNF composites. Analyses have been performed using a particle simulation method to study the breakup of agglomerates of CNFs. The subsequent development in time of the degree of dispersion and orientation of CNFs and resulting rheological properties, as a function of different levels of shear applied, were also studied.