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G. U. Raju et alii., Fracture and Structural Integrity, 75 (2026) 281-296; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.75.20

mesh was selected for subsequent simulations as it provided an optimal balance between computational efficiency and accuracy.

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(c) Figure 13: (a) Meshed RVE (b) Meshed tensile test model (c) Boundary conditions applied during tensile test simulation

Figure 14: Mesh convergence study. The tensile strength of the composite samples was determined through simulations conducted in ANSYS Workbench, and the results were compared with experimental data provided in Tab. 3. Fig. 15 illustrates the stress distribution in 1 wt. % nanocomposite specimen. The tensile strength values obtained for the 1 wt. % specimen was 120.16 MPa from the simulation and 126.27 MPa from experimental testing. The variation between the simulated and experimental tensile strength values for all nanocomposites was found to be within a 10% margin.

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