Interaction diagrams for carbon nanotubes under combined shortening-twisting

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1811-1818

  Faria, Bruno ^a   Silvestre, Nuno ^a   Canongia Lopes, José N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Non linear behaviour; B. Strength; C. Buckling; C. Multiscale modelling

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUCKLING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN ENERGY; YARN;

B. STRENGTH; INTERACTION DIAGRAM; INTERACTION EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 80055014521     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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