Numerical simulation for bending modulus of carbon nanotubes and some explanations for experiment

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-86

  Wang, X Y ^a   Wang, X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Carbon nanotubes; B. Effective Young's modulus; B. Mechanical properties; C. Analytical modeling; C. Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL MODELING; BENDING MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 1242329211     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(03)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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