Curvature effects on buckling of double-walled carbon nanotubes under combined axial compression and lateral pressure

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1997-2005

  Qian, H ^a   Xu, K Y ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSION; BUCKLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AXIAL STRAIN; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; LATERAL PRESSURE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 36448992646     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/16/6/002     Document Type: Article

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