Size-dependent elastic properties of nanosized structural elements

Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-147

  Miller, Ronald E ^a   Shenoy, Vijay B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DIRECT ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; STILLINGER-WEBER MODELS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034276389     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/11/3/301     Document Type: Article

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