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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Comput Mater Sci. 2016;114:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.12.026.

Table 3.

Computed Young’s moduli of the composite using the present model and rule of mixtures for 3-phase composite having varied interphase’s moduli and thicknesses.

Eint (GPa) Interphase thickness 2.355 nm
 Interphase thickness 8.007 nm
Eeff (beam model) (GPa), Eq. (4) Ec (mixture), (GPa), Eq. (3) Eeff (beam model) (GPa), Eq. (4) Ec (mixture), (GPa), Eq. (3)
2.41 (Em) 3.663 2.624 3.661 2.624
1.8075 (3Em/4) 3.660 2.621 3.610 2.584
1.205 (Em/2) 3.652 2.618 3.548 2.543
0.6025 (Em/4) 3.647 2.614 3.476 2.503
0.1205 (Em/20) 3.630 2.611 3.364 2.471