Prediction of buckling characteristics of carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6535-6550

  Hu, N ^a,b   Nunoya, K ^b   Pan, D ^c   Okabe, T ^b   Fukunaga, H ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buckling; Carbon nanotube; FEM; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COVALENT BONDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRAIN ENERGY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

COMPUTATIONAL COST; EQUIVALENT BEAM MODEL; EULER'S BEAM BUCKLING THEORY; VIRTUAL BEAM ELEMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34547812565     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.02.043     Document Type: Article

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