A coarse-grained model for the mechanical behavior of multi-layer graphene

Carbon

Volumn 82, Issue C, 2015, Pages 103-115

  Ruiz, Luis ^a   Xia, Wenjie ^a   Meng, Zhaoxu ^a   Keten, Sinan ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GRAPHENE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN ENERGY;

CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; DEFORMATION REGIMES; INTRINSIC ANISOTROPY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; ORIENTATIONAL DEPENDENCE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84923532338     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.10.040     Document Type: Article

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