Thermal buckling and postbuckling behavior of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite plates

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3403-3411

  Shen, Hui Shen ^a,b   Zhang, Chen Li ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

A. Composites; E. Thermal; I. Buckling

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING TEMPERATURE; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; I. BUCKLING; IN-PLANE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; NANOCOMPOSITE PLATES; REINFORCED COMPOSITE PLATES; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL BUCKLING; THERMAL POST-BUCKLING; THICKNESS DIRECTION;

BUCKLING; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TITRATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77952741719     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.01.048     Document Type: Article

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