Defect-defect interaction in carbon nanotubes under mechanical loading

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-65

  Shet, C ^a   Chandra, N ^a,b   Namilae, S ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELASTIC MODULI; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REDUCTION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

MECHANICAL LOADING; NONLINEAR EFFECTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 27844494742     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490490492089     Document Type: Article

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