Wall thickness and radial breathing modes of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 0610101-0610106

  Batra, R C ^a   Gupta, S S ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING VIBRATIONS; EQUIVALENT CONTINUUMS; FEA SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREE ENDS; FREE VIBRATIONS; HELICITIES; HELICITY; HOLLOW CYLINDERS; LINEAR ELASTICITY THEORIES; MECHANICAL DEFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL RESPONSES; RADIAL BREATHING MODES; RADIAL BREATHINGS; SPECTRAL LINES; VIBRATIONAL MODES; WALL THICKNESSES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACTION (FRICTION); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 55149121756     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2965370     Document Type: Article

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