Torsional buckling behavior of SWCNTs using a molecular structural mechanics approach considering vacancy defects

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 709-720

  Parvaneh, Vali ^a   Shariati, Mahmoud ^b   Torabi, Hamid ^c   Majd Sabeti, Amir Masood ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

single walled carbon nanotubes; Structural mechanics approach; torsional buckling; vacancy defects

Indexed keywords

ABAQUS SOFTWARE; ARM-CHAIR NANOTUBES; CONTINUUM MODEL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TORSIONAL BUCKLING; TORSIONAL LOADS; TWIST ANGLES; VACANCY DEFECTS; ZIG-ZAG NANOTUBES;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

BUCKLING;

EID: 84861501617     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2011.572311     Document Type: Article

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