Mechanical properties and deformation morphologies of covalently bridged multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Multiscale modeling

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1847-1862

  Huang, Xu ^a   Yuan, Hongyan ^a   Liang, Wentao ^a   Zhang, Sulin ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling; Covalent bridge; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Quasi continuum method; Shape transition

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; CONTINUUM METHOD; CONTINUUM MODEL; COVALENT BRIDGE; DEFORMATION PHASE; ENERGY DENSITY FUNCTIONS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NANO-DEVICES; NUMERICAL MODELS; POSTBUCKLING; SHAPE TRANSITIONS; SHAPE-MEMORY; SHAPED PATTERN; SIMULATION RESULT; THREE PHASIS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MESSAGE PASSING; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77957750231     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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