Mechanical behavior and structural evolution of carbon nanotube films and fibers under tension: A Coarse-grained molecular dynamics study

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lu, Weibang ^a   Liu, Xia ^a,b   Li, Qingwen ^c   Byun, Joon Hyung ^d   Chou, Tsu Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^d Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ENERGY EVOLUTIONS; LOAD-BEARING CAPABILITY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURE/PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

EID: 84880891812     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023684     Document Type: Article

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