Large-scale modeling of carbon-nanotube composites by a fast multipole boundary element method

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-187

  Liu, Yijun ^a   Nishimura, Naoshi ^b   Otani, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube composites; Fast boundary element method; Rigid inclusions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS;

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; CONTINUUM MODELS; FAST BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; RIGID INCLUSIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 19944386956     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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