Molecular mechanics based finite element for carbon nanotube modeling

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-134

  Theodosiou, T C ^a   Saravanos, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Finite element; Molecular mechanics; Molecular modeling; Nanomechanics

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODELING; NANOMECHANICS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; SHEARING; STIFFNESS;

BRENNER MOLECULAR POTENTIAL MODELS; INTERNAL ENERGY; LINEARIZED STIFFNESS MATRICES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34250174817     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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