Bending and local buckling of a nanocomposite beam reinforced by a single-walled carbon nanotube

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3006-3024

  Vodenitcharova, T ^a   Zhang, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local buckling in pure bending; Nanocomposites; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEFORMATION; STRAIN; STRESSES;

AIRY STRESS-FUNCTION METHOD; LOCAL BUCKLING IN PURE BENDING; NANOCOMPOSITES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SWNT'S RADIAL FLEXIBILITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33645136347     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2005.05.014     Document Type: Article

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