An inscribed surface model for the elastic properties of armchair carbon nanotube

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2233-2239

  Lu, Sheng ^a   Cho, Chongdu ^a   Choi, Kyu Won ^b   Choi, Wonjun ^a   Lee, Sangkyo ^a   Wang, Na ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Constitutive model; Curvature; Deformation gradient; Interatomic potential

Indexed keywords

ARMCHAIR CARBON NANOTUBES; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BRENNER POTENTIAL; CAUCHY-BORN RULE; CONTINUUM ANALYSIS; CONTINUUM MODEL; CURRENT THEORIES; CURVATURE; DEFORMATION GRADIENT; DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; DIRECT LINKS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HYPER ELASTIC; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; MEAN VALUE THEOREM; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SURFACE MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 78650388465     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-010-0802-9     Document Type: Article

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