Flexural deflection as a measure of van der Waals interaction forces in the CNT array

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1125-1131

  Pipes, R Byron ^a   Hubert, Pascal ^b   Salvetat, Jean Paul ^c   Zalamea, Luis ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Flexural; Hexagonal arrays; Shearing traction; van der Waals forces

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTIC MODULI; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

FLEXURAL DEFLECTION; HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; SHEARING TRACTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

FORCE; NANOTUBE; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33646167264     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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