Non-local continuum modeling of carbon nanotubes: Physical interpretation of non-local kernels using atomistic simulations

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1191-1203

  Sundararaghavan, Veera ^a   Waas, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Non local elasticity; Phonon dispersion; Shell theory; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC DATA; ATOMISTIC MODELS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; AXISYMMETRIC SHELLS; CONTINUUM ELASTICITY; CONTINUUM MODEL; CONTINUUM MODELING; DISPERSION CURVES; DISPERSION DATA; FOURIER; GRADIENT MODEL; GRADIENT THEORY; HELICAL SYMMETRY; INFLECTION POINTS; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; NON-LOCAL ELASTICITY; NONLOCAL; PHASE AND GROUP VELOCITIES; PHONON DISPERSION; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; REFERENCE POINTS; ROD THEORY; SHEAR MODULUS; SHELL THEORY; TORSIONAL WAVE; TRANSFORMED KERNEL;

ACOUSTIC DISPERSION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; MODELS; PHONONS; SHEAR FLOW; SOLIDS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 79955594249     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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