Deformation and bifurcation analysis of boron-nitride nanotubes

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1197-1207

  Song, J ^a   Huang, Y ^a   Jiang, H ^b   Hwang, K C ^c   Yu, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotube; Continuum analysis; Interatomic potential

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; NITROGEN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES (BNNT); CONTINUUM ANALYSIS; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; NONLINEAR BIFURCATION;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 33748063969     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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