Investigation of axially compressed buckling of a multi-walled carbon nanotube under temperature field

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-134

  Xiaohu, Yao ^a   Qiang, Han ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Nanotube; B. Buckling; C. van der Waals force; Thermal effect

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

COMPRESSED BUCKLING; ELASTIC MEDIUM; ELASTIC MULTI-SHELL MODEL; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BUCKLING; ELASTIC MODULUS; MECHANICS; NANOTUBE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 33750685037     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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