AC electrical properties as a sensor of the microstructural evolution in nanocomposite materials: experiment and simulation

L. Flandin, Y. Bréchet, G. R. Canova, J. Y. Cavaillé

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Abstract

This work deals with the AC electrical properties measurements under large strain of composites strongly contrasted in the viewpoint of their electrical and mechanical properties. First, the possibility to model a strongly heterogeneous material (from the viewpoint of electrical properties) using an improvement of a RC-type model is explored; this model relates the R and C values to the geometrical characteristics of the network of reinforcing fibres. Secondly, a powerful method is developed to characterize the filler rearrangement by measuring the electrical properties. It is concluded that the evolution of the real part of the conductivity is related to the damage of the percolating network, whereas the imaginary part of the conductivity reflects the global rearrangement of the filler in the matrix under large strain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1998 Gilles Genova Memorial Symposium on Multi-scale Modelling of Mechanical Properties of Materials
Pages865-874
Number of pages10
Volume7
Edition5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sep 1999
Externally publishedYes
EventGilles Genova Memorial Symposium on Multi-scale Modelling of Mechanical Properties of Materials 1998 - Autrans, France
Duration: 12 Jun 199815 Jun 1998

Publication series

NameModelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
PublisherIOP Publishing
ISSN (Print)0965-0393

Conference

ConferenceGilles Genova Memorial Symposium on Multi-scale Modelling of Mechanical Properties of Materials 1998
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityAutrans
Period12/06/9815/06/98

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