An equivalent orthotopic representation of the nonlinear elastic behavior of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-439

  Garg, M ^a   Pantano, A ^a,b   Boyce, M C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Mechanical model

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSION; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LINEAR ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL MODELS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 34547764249     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2744408     Document Type: Article

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