Torsional buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes under combined axial and radial loadings

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Sun, C Q ^a   Liu, K X ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CARBON; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; STRESSES; TENSILE STRESS;

AXIAL STRESSES; COMBINED LOADINGS; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; INTERNAL PRESSURES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SHEAR MEMBRANE FORCES; TORSIONAL BUCKLING; WAVE NUMBERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 56349120786     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/20/205404     Document Type: Article

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