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M. C. Choukimath et alii, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 71 (2025) 22-36; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.71.03

BC of flexural tests was done with two ends clamped and an axial force was applied in the mid-span of the test specimen as shown in Fig. 12 (b) [23, 24].

Figure 10: (a) Material Designer module (b) RVE created in Material Designer.

Figure 11: (a) Tensile model mesh (b) Flexural model

Figure 12: (a) Tensile model BC (b) Flexural model BC

Simulation Results Figs. 13 (a), 14 (a), and 15 (a) represent the simulated tensile test results of GNP1, HBN3 and GH3 specimens respectively. Figs. 13 (b), 14 (b) and 15 (b) represent the simulated flexural results of GNP2, HBN2 and GH2 specimens respectively. Tab. 4 illustrates the simulated v/s experimental results of the tensile and flexural models. Overall, the variations in both tensile and flexural tests between experimental and simulated results for all nanocomposites remained within the acceptable range of 20% [15].

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