Molecular mechanics applied to single-walled carbon nanotubes

Materials Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-333

  Ávila, Antonio Ferreira ^a   Lacerda, Guilherme Silveira Rachid ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Molecular mechanics; Numerical simulation; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOTUBES; NUMERICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; YARN;

HIGH-STRENGTH MATERIALS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS SIMULATION; NANOTUBE CONFIGURATION; SOLID MECHANICS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 57249107988     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392008000300016     Document Type: Article

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