Geometry-dependent nonlinear decrease of the effective young's modulus of single-walled carbon nanotubes submitted to large tensile loadings

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Wang, Zhao ^a,d   Devel, Michel ^a   Dulmet, Bernard ^b   Stuart, Steve ^c  

^a Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques La Bouloie   (France)

^b FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Fracture; Mechanical properties; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TENSILE STRESS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AXIAL DEFORMATIONS; CHIRAL ANGLES; DECREASE RATES; INITIAL VALUES; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NEW RESULTS; POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS; SURFACE AREAS; TENSILE LOADINGS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 58149250320     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830802205640     Document Type: Article

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