Tensile and compressive properties of carbon nanotube bundles

Acta Materialia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 225-231

  Liew, K M ^a   Wong, C H ^b   Tan, M J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buckle; Carbon nanotubes bundles; Fracture; Mechanical properties; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BUCKLE; CARBON NANOTUBES (CNT) BUNDLES; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (MD) SIMULATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 27744437998     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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