Load transfer in fractured carbon nanotubes under tension

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 332-339

  Viet, N V ^a   Kuo, W S ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

B. Fracture; C. Analytical modeling; C. Finite element analysis (FEA); Carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELING; C. FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); CRACK DEFLECTIONS; ENERGY RELEASE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; INTERLAYER SHEAR; LOAD TRANSFER; LOAD TRANSFER EFFICIENCIES; NUMBER OF LAYERS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; SHEAR-LAG; TENSILE FRACTURES; WORK STUDY; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84856500426     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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