Buckling of boron nitride nanotube reinforced piezoelectric polymeric composites subject to combined electro-thermo-mechanical loadings

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1489-1501

  Salehi Khojin, Amin ^a   Jalili, Nader ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; Boron nitride nanotube reinforced composite; C. Piezoelectric material; Shell theory

Indexed keywords

AXIAL COMPRESSION; BORON NITRIDE; BUCKLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOTUBES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; DONNELL SHELL THEORY; SPRING CONSTANT MODEL;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

BUCKLING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATRIX; NANOTUBE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 40649118038     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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