Wave propagation in multiwall carbon nanotubes embedded in a matrix material

Composite Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Dong, K ^a   Zhu, S Q ^a   Wang, X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastic matrix; Multiwall carbon nanotubes; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; STIFFNESS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ELASTIC MATRIX; ELASTIC SHELL; MATRIX STIFFNESS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; ELASTIC PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATRIX; NANOTUBE; STIFFNESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 34548697285     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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