On the inextensible elastica model for the collapse of nanotubes

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 591-606

  Tang, Tian ^a   Glassmaker, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse; Contact; Inextensible elastica; Nanotube; Phase plane

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; CONTACT; CONTACT ZONE; CRITICAL SEPARATION; DIFFERENT ORDER; ELASTICA; EQUILIBRIUM SEPARATION; HIGH ENERGY; INEXTENSIBLE ELASTICA; LOW ENERGIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; PHASE PLANE; PHASE-PLANE ANALYSIS;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 77955794431     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: 17413028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286509105923     Document Type: Article

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