Fracture nucleation in single-wall carbon nanotubes under tension: A continuum analysis incorporating interatomic potentials

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 454-458

  Zhang, P ^a   Huang, Y ^a   Gao, H ^a   Hwang, K C ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NUCLEATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING;

FRACTURE NUCLEATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0036660840     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1469002     Document Type: Article

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