Variational Principles for Nonlocal Continuum Model of Orthotropic Graphene Sheets Embedded in An Elastic Medium

Acta Mathematica Scientia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 325-338

  Adali, Sarp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Buckling; Multilayered graphene sheets; Nonlocal theory; Rayleigh quotient; Semi inverse method; Variational formulation; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856096681     PISSN: 02529602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0252-9602(12)60020-4     Document Type: Article

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