Homogenization of helical beam-like structures: Application to single-walled carbon nanotubes

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-346

  Messager, Tanguy ^a,b   Cartraud, Patrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CIVIL ET MÉCANIQUE GEM   (France)

Author keywords

Effective properties; FEM; Helical symmetry; Homogenization; Nanotube

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

AXIAL STIFFNESS; HELICAL BEAMS; HELICAL SYMMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35548999179     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-007-0189-3     Document Type: Article

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