Combined torsional buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes coupling with axial loading and radial pressures

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 2128-2139

  Sun, C ^a   Liu, K ^a  

^a LTCS   (China)

Author keywords

Multi walled carbon nanotube; Torsional buckling; van der Waals forces

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TORSIONAL STRESS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AXIAL LOADING; RADIAL PRESSURES; RADIUS-TO-THICKNESS RATIO; TORSIONAL BUCKLING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 38749122060     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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