Effects of temperature on mechanical properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 572-581

  Zhang, Y C ^a   Chen, X ^a   Wang, X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Mechanical properties; C. Micromechanical modeling; Environmental temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; EULER EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POISSON RATIO; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

EULER-BERNOULLI BEAM; LINEAR PAULI REPULSION MODEL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL MECHANICS MODEL;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOTUBE; STIFFNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 37349129668     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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