On the continuum modeling of carbon nanotubes

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 528-536

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Huang, Yonggang ^a   Geubelle, Philippe H ^b   Hwang, Kehchih ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Continuum analysis; Interatomic potential

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CONTINUUM ANALYSIS; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; NANOSCALE CONTINUUM THEORY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 0036822684     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02486577     Document Type: Article

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