A constitutive equation for graphene based on density functional theory

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2582-2589

  Xu, Mei ^a   Paci, Jeffrey T ^b,c   Oswald, Jay ^d   Belytschko, Ted ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Elastic constants; Graphene; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC; ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIORS; ANISOTROPIC STRAIN; CAUCHY-GREEN TENSORS; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DFT CALCULATION; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HYPER ELASTIC; LEAST SQUARES FIT; PRINCIPAL INVARIANTS; STRONG LINK; TENSILE LOADING;

ANISOTROPY; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; GRAPHENE; LOADING; NANOINDENTATION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84863980728     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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