Modeling and in situ identification of material parameters for layered structures based on carbon nanotube arrays

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3013-3018

  Raney, J R ^a   Fraternali, F ^b,c   Amendola, A ^b   Daraio, C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckling; Carbon nanotubes; Mechanical properties; Multilayer foams

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; FOAMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTILAYERS; NANOTUBES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; YARN;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; DEFORMATION RESPONSE; IDENTIFICATION OF MATERIAL PARAMETERS; IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURE; LOCALIZATION OF DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MULTILAYER COMPOSITE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 80052357773     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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