A structural mechanics approach for the analysis of carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2487-2499

  Li, Chunyu ^a   Chou, Tsu Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic modeling; Carbon nanotube; Force fields; Molecular mechanics; Nanomechanics; Structural mechanics

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL BONDS; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAPHITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

LOAD-BEARING BEAMS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON; NANOTUBE;

CARBON; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0038330426     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(03)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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