Table 1.
Models | Equations | Parameters * | Use | Effect of |
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Mahieux and Reifsnider model | Equation (1) | Polymers | Account for the effect of | |
Richeton model | Equation (2) for storage modulus Equation (3) for Young’s modulus |
|
Polymers | Account for the effects of |
Halpin-Tsai model | Equation (9) | Polymer nanocomposites | Doesn’t account for the effects of | |
RJ model | Equation (15) |
|
Polymer nanocomposites | Account for the effects of |
RTW model | Equation (17) | Polymer nanocomposites | Account for the effects of | |
Alasfar and co-workers’ model | Equation (43) Equation (44) |
in addition to parameters of the Richeton and RJ models |
Porous polymers Porous polymer nanocomposites |
Account for the effects of |
* The material parameters in the models are usually measured experimentally, but some are parameters that are used as fitting parameters. The parameters in this table are defined within the paper.