Numerical approach to torsion deformation of armchair single walled carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-314

  Ding, Jian Ning ^a,b   Kan, Biao ^b   Cheng, Guang Gui ^b   Fan, Zhen ^b   Yuan, Ning Yi ^a   Ling, Zhi Yong ^b  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic scale; Carbon nanotube; Finite element method; Nonlinear spring; Simulation; Torsion deformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749098512     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2008.9.4.309     Document Type: Article

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