Experimental and numerical investigation into the effect of carbon nanotube buckling on the reinforcement of CNT/Cu composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-34

  Tsai, Ping Chi ^a   Jeng, Yeau Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Mechanical properties; C. Deformation; D. Hardness testing; D. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING BEHAVIORS; CONSOLIDATION TECHNIQUES; EFFECT OF CARBONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOINDENTATION TESTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SLENDERNESS RATIOS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

CARBON NANOTUBES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REINFORCEMENT; SINTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BUCKLING;

EID: 84875274417     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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