Atomistic simulations of uniaxial tensile behaviors of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 543-547

  Liu, P ^a   Zhang, Y W ^b   Lee, H P ^a   Lu, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atomistic simulation; Carbon nanotube; Mechanical properties; Nanotube

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; INTEGRATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; AXIAL TENSILE DEFORMATION; REACTIVE EMPIRICAL BOND ORDER (REBO) POTENTIAL; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 11144311884     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020410001704951     Document Type: Article

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