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Computational Simulation of Stress Distribution in a Magnesium Matrix Composite Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes

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Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering (WEA 2020)

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The development of composite materials has brought with it global questions about its behavior on materials science where the computational simulations have the methodology to increase the knowledge about them. To exemplify the usefulness of the computational methodologies in simulations of mechanical characterization, one of the newest composite materials is used in a tensile test, this material is a magnesium matrix composite reinforcement with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Furthermore was implemented a constitutive model to a linear-elastic behavior with the inclusion of Elasticity Modulus and Poisson Ratio properties. The computational model has been developed in Matlab software and includes the design of five reticules with 2500 nodes and insertions of 0%, 1%, 4%, 8%, and 12% of carbon nanotubes. Additionally, the finite difference method (FDM) has been applied and showed that carbon nanotubes improve mechanical properties of monolithic magnesium alloys achieving an 80% decrease in the displacement of the composite, also ensure the pertinence of the computational simulations for the future of the materials science.

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  1. Grupo de Investigación sobre Nuevos Materiales, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Cir.1 70-01, 050031, Medellín, Colombia

    Mateo Duarte, Miguel Alvarez, Andres López, Luis Portillo & Gustavo Suárez

  2. Grupo de Investigación en Ingeniería Aeroespacial, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Cir.1 70-01, 050031, Medelín, Colombia

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Duarte, M., Alvarez, M., López, A., Portillo, L., Suárez, G., Niño, J. (2020). Computational Simulation of Stress Distribution in a Magnesium Matrix Composite Reinforced with Carbon Nanotubes. In: Figueroa-García, J.C., Garay-Rairán, F.S., Hernández-Pérez, G.J., Díaz-Gutierrez, Y. (eds) Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering. WEA 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1274. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61834-6_32

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