An atomistic instability condition and applications

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 633-648

  Lu, Jia ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic tensor; Carbon nanotube; Lattice stability; Strong ellipticity condition

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; NANOTUBES;

ATOMIC LEVELS; ATOMIC POTENTIAL; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CONTINUUM ELASTICITY THEORY; INSTABILITY CONDITION; LIMIT STRAINS; MATERIAL STABILITY; STABILITY CONDITION;

ATOMS;

EID: 53249135114     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2006.1.633     Document Type: Article

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