A novel nonlinear constitutive relation for graphene and its consequence for developing closed-form expressions for Young's modulus and critical buckling strain of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 91-101

  Shodja, H M ^a   Delfani, M R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORN RULE; BUCKLING STRAIN; CAUCHY-BORN RULE; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NEW PARAMETERS; NONLINEAR CONSTITUTIVE RELATION; NONLINEAR CONTINUUM MODEL; NONLINEAR TERMS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GRAPHENE; STRAIN;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 83055194613     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-011-0528-5     Document Type: Article

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