@article {22110,
	title = {Effect of residual interface stress on thermo-elastic properties of unidirectional fiber-reinforced nanocomposites},
	journal = {International Journal of Mechanical Sciences},
	volume = {113},
	year = {2016},
	note = {Dp7huTimes Cited:1Cited References Count:68},
	month = {Jul},
	pages = {133-147},
	abstract = {Surface/interface effect plays a significant role in the study of the mechanical properties of nano composites. Most previous papers in the literature only considered the surface/interface elasticity, whereas some papers only considered the residual surface/interface stress (surface/interface tension). In this paper, an energy-based surface/interface theory is applied to systematically study the effective thermo-elastic properties of unidirectional fiber-reinforced nanocomposites, in which both the surface/interface elasticity and the residual surface/interface stress are included. The emphasis is particularly placed on the influence of the residual interface stress on the effective thermo-elastic properties of such nanocomposites, since this influence was ignored by many previous authors. Analytical expressions of five effective transversely isotropic elastic constants are derived, in which a modified generalized self consistent method is suggested to obtain an explicit expression of the size-dependent effective transverse shear modulus. Furthermore, with an introduced concept of {\textquoteright}equivalent fiber{\textquoteright} (i.e., a fiber together with its interface), the effective thermal expansion coefficients and the effective specific heat at constant strain of the fiber-reinforced nanocomposite are obtained. Finally, numerical examples are illustrated, and the effect of residual interface stress on the effective thermo-elastic properties of the fibrous nanocomposite is discussed. It is shown that the residual interface stress has a significant effect on the overall thermo-elastic properties of the nanocomposites. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {composite-materials, connections, dependent elastic properties, effective moduli, effective specific-heats, effective thermo-elastic properties, fiber-reinforced nanocomposites, heterogeneous materials, inclusion, interface energy theory, modified generalized self-consistent method, nano-composites, residual interface stress, surface-tension, thin-films},
	isbn = {0020-7403},
	author = {Chen, Y. Q. and Zhang, Z. G. and Huang, R. C. and Huang, Z. P.}
}
