Fatigue failure mechanisms of single-walled carbon nanotube ropes embedded in epoxy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2811-2813

  Ren, Y ^a   Fu, Y Q ^a   Liao, K ^a   Li, F ^b   Cheng, H M ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINK FORMATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNT); TENSILE LOAD;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYSTYRENES; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRAIN; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 2342541066     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1703837     Document Type: Article

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