Transverse mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube crystals. Part I: Determination of elastic moduli

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1543-1550

  Saether, E ^a   Frankland, S J V ^a   Pipes, R B ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Mechanical properties; Bundles; Carbon nanotubes; Composites

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; NUMERICAL METHODS; REINFORCEMENT; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE CRYSTALS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0041344578     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00056-3     Document Type: Article

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