Atomistic simulation of the torsion deformation of carbon nanotubes

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1099-1107

  Wang, Yu ^a   Wang, Xiu Xi ^a   Ni, Xianggui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATION; COPLANAR DISPLACEMENTS; STRUCTURE DISTORTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 9144242003     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/12/6/004     Document Type: Article

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