Mechanics of microtubules modeled as orthotropic elastic shells with transverse shearing

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 207, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 195-209

  Gu, B ^a   Mai, Y W ^a   Ru, C Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL WAVES; BEAM MODEL; CIRCUMFERENTIAL WAVES; CRITICAL PRESSURES; ELASTIC BEAM; ELASTIC SHELL MODELS; ELASTIC SHELLS; EUKARYOTIC CYTOSKELETON; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; MICROTUBULES; ORTHOTROPIC SHELLS; RADIAL PRESSURE; SHEAR MODULUS; SHELL MODELS;

MECHANICS; SHEARING;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 69249229746     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-008-0121-8     Document Type: Article

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