Membranes and rods from lattice films and chains: Modeling and computations

Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 64-67

  Arroyo, Marino ^a   Belytschko, Ted ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic models; Carbon nanotubes; Cauchy Bom rule; Crystal elasticity; Finite elements; Quasicontinuum; Rods and membranes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHAINS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; NANOTUBES; YARN;

ATOMISTIC CALCULATIONS; ATOMISTIC MODELS; CAUCHY-BOM RULE; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; DISCRETE MODELING; MODELING AND COMPUTATION; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; QUASICONTINUUM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84941660936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044046-0.50017-8     Document Type: Chapter

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