The intrinsic stiffness of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 2-9

  Wu, J ^a   Peng, J ^a   Hwang, K C ^a   Song, J ^b   Huang, Y ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Coupling; Nonlinearity; Shell theory; Single wall carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS;

INTRINSIC STIFFNESS; SHELL THEORY;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 37349024817     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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