Analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes using the moving Kriging interpolation

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 229-232, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-67

  Yan, J W ^a,b,c   Liew, K M ^a,c   He, L H ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Moving Kriging interpolation; Post buckling

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BENDING EFFECT; BUCKLING BEHAVIORS; C-C BONDS; CAUCHY-BORN RULE; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; ENGINEERING FIELDS; ESSENTIAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FUNCTION PROPERTIES; HIGHER ORDER; KRIGING; KRIGING INTERPOLATION; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MESH-FREE METHOD; MESHFREE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; POSTBUCKLING; SECOND-ORDER DEFORMATION; SHAPE FUNCTIONS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

INTERPOLATION;

EID: 84860314211     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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