Nonlocal continuum modeling and molecular dynamics simulation of torsional vibration of carbon nanotubes

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-43

  Khademolhosseini, Farzad ^a   Phani, A Srikantha ^a   Nojeh, Alireza ^a   Rajapakse, Nimal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); molecular dynamics (MD); nonlocal elasticity; torsional oscillator

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL MODEL; CONSISTENT VALUES; CONTINUUM MODEL; CONTINUUM MODELING; CONTINUUM SHELL MODEL; DISPERSION RELATIONS; DISPERSIVE BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC TORSIONAL RESPONSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NONLOCAL; NONLOCAL ELASTICITY; NONLOCAL MODELS; PROPAGATION SPEED; SIZE EFFECTS; TORSIONAL OSCILLATOR; TORSIONAL VIBRATION;

CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DYNAMICS; ELASTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; FORECASTING; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84855692790     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2011.2111380     Document Type: Article

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