Evaluation of the structural properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes using a dynamic continuum modeling method

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Lee, Usik ^a   Oh, Hyukjin ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Dynamic continuum modeling method; Energy equivalence principle; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

COUPLING RIGIDITIES; DYNAMIC CONTINUUM MODELING METHOD; ENERGY EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; WALL THICKNESS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 38949151952     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376490701706654     Document Type: Article

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