@article {31739,
	title = {Effect of residual interface stress on thermo-elastic properties of unidirectional fiber-reinforced nanocomposites},
	journal = {International Journal of Mechanical SciencesInternational Journal of Mechanical SciencesInternational Journal of Mechanical Sciences},
	volume = {113},
	year = {2016},
	note = {Dp7huTimes Cited:10Cited References Count:68},
	month = {Jul},
	pages = {133-147},
	chapter = {133},
	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 \&$\#$039;equivalent fiber\&$\#$039; (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 = {composites, connections, dependent elastic properties, effective moduli, effective specific-heats, effective thermo-elastic properties, fiber-reinforced nanocomposites, inclusion, interface energy theory, mechanics, model, modified generalized self-consistent method, nanowires, residual interface stress, surface-tension},
	isbn = {00207403},
	author = {Yongqiang Chen and Zhang, Zhenguo and Huang, Ruchao and Huang, Zhuping}
}
