Elastic axial buckling of carbon nanotubes via a molecular mechanics model

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-294

  Chang, Tienchong ^a,b   Li, Guoqiang ^b   Guo, Xingming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; C. Modeling; D. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

MODELING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (MD) SIMULATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNT); SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 9644264224     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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