Effective elastic moduli evaluation of single walled carbon nanotubes using flexural vibrations

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-271

  Dos Santos, J V Araújo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

continuum mechanics; elastic moduli; finite element method; optimization; single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE ELASTIC MODULUS; EULER-BERNOULLI; FINITE ELEMENT; FLEXURAL VIBRATIONS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; TIMOSHENKO BEAM THEORY;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 79960726625     PISSN: 15376494     EISSN: 15376532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2010.483326     Document Type: Article

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