Molecular dynamics study of temperature dependent plastic collapse of carbon nanotubes under axial compression

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 255-261

  Wei, Chengyu ^a   Srivastava, Deepak ^a   Cho, Kyeongjae ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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