Modeling mechanical energy storage in springs based on carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Hill, F A ^a   Havel, T F ^a   Livermore, C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELS; AXIAL TENSIONS; DESIGN AND MODELING; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY DENSITY; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; MAXIMUM VALUES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MODELING STUDIES; PACKING DENSITY; SMALL-DIAMETER; STEEL SPRINGS; STORED ENERGY; TENSILE LOADING; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC TOOLS; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; LITHIUM ION;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DENSITY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; MECHANICAL TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 67649177428     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/25/255704     Document Type: Article

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