Prediction of elastic properties of carbon nanotube reinforced composites

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2058, 2005, Pages 1685-1710

  Hu, N ^a   Fukunaga, H ^a   Lu, C ^a   Kameyama, M ^a   Yan, B ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Composites; Elastic property; Finite element method; Molecular mechanics; Representative volume element

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244470088     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1422     Document Type: Article

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