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. 2022 Jan 18;14(3):360. doi: 10.3390/polym14030360

Table 1.

A summary of the models * used for elastic modulus prediction.

Models Equations Parameters * Use Effect of T,f/ε˙
Mahieux and Reifsnider model Equation (1) mi,Ei,Tβ, Tg,Tf Polymers Account for the effect of T
Richeton model Equation (2) for storage modulus
Equation (3) for Young’s modulus
Eiε˙/f
Tβε˙/f,
Tgε˙/f,
Tfε˙/f
Polymers Account for the effects of T,f/ε˙
Halpin-Tsai model Equation (9) ξ,Ef,φf Polymer nanocomposites Doesn’t account for the effects of T,f/ε˙
RJ model Equation (15) φf,τ/tc,h
Ef
Polymer nanocomposites Account for the effects of T,f/ε˙
RTW model Equation (17) φfvm, Ai3 ,Ai4 ,Ai5 ,Ai Polymer nanocomposites Account for the effects of T,f/ε˙
Alasfar and co-workers’ model Equation (43)
Equation (44)
φp, n
in addition to parameters of the Richeton and RJ models
Porous polymers
Porous polymer nanocomposites
Account for the effects of T,f/ε˙

* 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.