New approach to model the buckling and stable length of multi walled carbon nanotube probes near graphite sheets

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2949-2955

  Koochi, A ^a   Kazemi, A S ^b   Noghrehabadi, A ^c   Yekrangi, A ^a   Abadyan, M ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Nanomaterials; H. Selection of components; I. Buckling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; BASIC PARAMETERS; CONTINUUM MODEL; CRITICAL VALUE; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHITE SHEETS; H. SELECTION OF COMPONENTS; I. BUCKLING; INITIAL GAP; INTERMOLECULAR FORCES; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; NANO SCALE; NANO-DEVICES; NANO-MATERIALS; NEW APPROACHES; TIP DEFLECTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUCKLING; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79952190761     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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