| Author | A.S. Shahsavari and R.C. Picu |
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| Title | Elasticity of sparsely cross-linked random fibre networks |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal | Philosophical Magazine Letters |
| Abstract | The elastic modulus of two-dimensional random fibre networks is determined for structures in which, the degree of cross-linking is varied. The relationship between the network parameters – fibre axial and bending stiffness, fibre density and degree of cross-linking – and the overall elastic modulus is discussed and presented in terms of a master curve. It is shown that master curves for sparsely cross-linked networks with various degrees of cross-linking can be collapsed to a unique curve, which is also valid in case of fully cross-linked network. |
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| DOI Link | 10.1080/09500839.2013.783241 |