Postbuckling of carbon nanotubes subjected to cyclic load

Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-129

  Wang, Lifeng ^a   Hu, Haiyan ^a   Guo, Wanlin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cyclic load; Molecular dynamics simulation; Postbuckling

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC LOADS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

BIFURCATION BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POSTBUCKLING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 32544437523     PISSN: 08949166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10338-005-0516-1     Document Type: Article

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