Investigation of temperature effect on the mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2208-2212

  Liew, K M ^a,b   Yan, J W ^a,b,c   Sun, Y Z ^d   He, L H ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d ZHONGYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Higher order gradient continuum theory; Mechanical properties; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOTUBES; TEMPERATURE; YARN;

CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; CONTINUUM THEORY; DIFFERENT SLOPES; HIGHER-ORDER; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); YOUNG MODULUS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 80052298343     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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