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Abstract
The development of simulation techniques is more crucial to establish the structure-processing-properties relationship for design and optimization of advanced nanocomposites. In this work, the attempts made for the simulation of modulus in polymer/carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced nanocomposites and the future challenges are discussed. The simulating techniques including micromechanics and multiscale models are extensively analyzed. It is concluded that the multiscale and other new techniques should be developed to cover the wide range of time and length scales, from quantum structure (a few atoms) to macroscopic structure (many domains), to introduce a useful tool for the simulation of modulus. A comprehensive modeling of modulus requires much knowledge in many fields such as polymer, mechanics, and mathematics.