Mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube bundles as bulk materials

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-142

  Liu, J Z ^a   Zheng, Q S ^a   Wang, L F ^a   Jiang, Q ^b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Buckling; B. anisotropic material; B. elastic material; Single walled carbon nanotube bundle

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BUCKLING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; BULK MATERIALS; ELASTIC MATERIALS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 9644291864     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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