| Abstract: | Within the framework of fractal analysis and percolation theory, an alternative model of reinforcement of filled polymers
is offered. Practically, this model can be used only to describe the reinforcement of nanocomposites, because, according to
the treatment considered, a pronounced reinforcement can be reached only at ratios of filler particle diameter to the statistical
segment length of about 10 and less. A theoretical calculation showed a good qualitative and quantitative agreement with experiments.
The type of reinforcement mechanism of composites is determined by the type of the space (fractal or Euclidean) in which the
structure of the polymeric matrix is formed.
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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 797–802, November–Decem ber, 2006. |
