A study on the bending stiffness of single-walled carbon nanotubes and related issues

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 428-443

  Guo, Xu ^a   Zhang, Teng ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bending stiffness; Deformation mapping; Molecular mechanics; Single walled carbon nanotube

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; AXIAL STRETCHING; BENDING STIFFNESS; CONTINUUM THEORY; DEFORMATION MAPPING; ELASTIC TUBES; MECHANICS OF MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOMENT OF INERTIA; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING (FORMING); CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MAPPING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77049109409     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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