Investigation of vacancy defects effects on the buckling behavior of SWCNTs via a structural mechanics approach

European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1072-1078

  Parvaneh, Vali ^a   Shariati, Mahmoud ^a   Majd Sabeti, Amir Masood ^a  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buckling; Single walled carbon nanotubes; Structural mechanics approach; Vacancy defects

Indexed keywords

ABAQUS SOFTWARE; ANGLE VARIATION; ARM-CHAIR NANOTUBES; ATOMIC SIMULATIONS; BENDING POTENTIAL; BUCKLING BEHAVIORS; CRITICAL BUCKLING LOADS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MORSE POTENTIALS; NONLINEAR SPRINGS; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS APPROACH; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TORSIONAL INTERACTIONS; VACANCY DEFECTS;

ABAQUS; ASPECT RATIO; BUCKLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEFECTS; INDUCTION MOTORS; MECHANICS; MECHATRONICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATORS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPACECRAFT; TORSIONAL STRESS;

VACANCIES;

EID: 67651095851     PISSN: 09977538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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