Monte Carlo Simulation of the Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Cement Matrix

Abstract:

In this paper, the dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in cement matrix was analyzed by Three-dimensional Monte Carlo Simulation. A Hard core model was employed which was not allow the intersection among CNTs in a simulated three-dimensional representative volume element (3-D RVE). The position and the orientation of CNTs were assumed to follow the uniformly random distribution. The results showed that CNTs were dispersed randomly and it was helpful for the further simulation calculation about mechanical, conductivity and piezoresistivity properties.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 597)
• Pages: 40-44
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.597.40
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Bao Min Wang, Yuan Zhang*, Ming Li Yu, Yu Han
• Keywords: Carbon Nanotube (CN), Cement Matrix, Monte Carlo Simulation

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