Transverse mechanical properties of carbon nanotube crystals. Part II: Sensitivity to lattice distortions

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1551-1559

  Saether, E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B. Mechanical properties; Bundles; C. Probabilistic methods; Carbon nanotubes; Composites

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INCLUSIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

LATTICE DISTORTIONS;

CRYSTALS;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0042847325     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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