An analytical molecular mechanics model for the elastic properties of crystalline polyethylene

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Junhua ^a,b   Guo, Wanlin ^c   Rabczuk, Timon ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING POTENTIAL; BOND-STRETCHING; CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EULER BERNOULLI BEAMS; EXPLICIT FORMULA; LINEAR SPRING; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ATOMS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; MODELS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; THERMOPLASTICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84865216709     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4745035     Document Type: Article

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