Theoretical and numerical study of torsional buckling of multiwall carbon nanotubes

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-337

  Han, Qiang ^a   Yao, Xiao hu ^a   Li, Lan fang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ELASTIC CONSTANT; MULTIWALL CARBON NANOTUBES; TORSIONAL BUCKLING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 33646798068     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490600675257     Document Type: Article

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