Length dependence of critical measures in single-walled carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 18-19, 2008, Pages 4902-4920

  Silvestre, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bending; Buckling; Compression; Distortional mode; Length dependence; Ovalization; Single walled carbon nanotube; Torsion

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; DATA COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEEL STRUCTURES; TORSIONAL STRESS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

(E ,2E) THEORY; AXIAL STRAINS; BENDING CURVATURE; BUCKLING BEHAVIOURS; BUCKLING MODES; CRITICAL STRAIN; DATA COLLECTED; DISTORTIONAL BUCKLING; ELSEVIER (CO); GENERALIZED BEAM THEORY (GBT); IN DEPTH STUDIES; LENGTH DEPENDENCE; LOADING CONDITIONS; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; LONG TUBE (LT); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS (MDS); NANO TUBE; NANOTUBE LENGTHS; NON-LINEAR SHELL FINITE ELEMENT; ORTHOGONAL DEFORMATION; OVALIZATION; PAPER ADDRESSES; SHALLOW SHELLS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNTS); STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOURS; THIN-WALLED TUBES; TORSION (IGC: D7); TUBE LENGTH; TWISTING ANGLE; WARPING DISPLACEMENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 47049102982     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.04.029     Document Type: Article

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