Critical strain of carbon nanotubes: An atomic-scale finite element study

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 347-351

  Guo, X ^a   Leung, A Y T ^a   Jiang, H ^b   He, X Q ^a   Huang, Y ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (AFEM); CRITICAL STRAIN; ENERGY CURVES;

ASPECT RATIO; AXIAL LOADS; BUCKLING; COVALENT BONDS; EULER EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 34248170811     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2198548     Document Type: Article

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