In this study the effective elastic modulus of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) network is evaluated using multiscale method and micromechanical analysis. For this purpose, the elastic modulus of CNC-water phases are randomly assigned to a two-dimensional (2D) checkerboard structure and the elastic response is evaluated. In addition, the effect of having a different number of phases (CNC, water and interface) is evaluated by assigning a discreet and continuous distribution of elastic modulus to checkerboard structure. When the number of phases increases dramatically, the distribution of phases is continuous and is defined with Weibull distribution. The results show that for two-phase materials (CNC and water) when the microstructure has organized pattern the rule of the mixture and numerical model provide the same effective modulus, however when the microstructure is completely random, the self-consistent micromechanical model should be used. Also, this study suggests 50% volume fraction as the percolation threshold for the CNC network with 10 GPa effective elastic modulus. The results from percolated multiphase network reveal that for microstructures with 4 phases and above, the percolated network converge to 35 GPa.
Cellulose nanocrystal, Elastic modulus, FEM, Percolation, Micromechanics
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