ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF CHIRALITY AND SIZE ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES THROUGH FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING

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2014-06-27

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Zuberi, Muhammad Jibran Shahzad
Esat, Volkan

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered to be one of the contemporary materials exhibiting superior mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. A new generation state-of-the-art composite material, carbon nanotube reinforced polymer (CNTRP), utilizes carbon nanotubes as the reinforcing fibre element. CNTRPs are highly promising composite materials possessing the potential to be used in various areas such as automotive, aerospace, defence, and energy sectors.

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Carbon nanotubes, Finite element modelling, Chirality, Mechanical properties

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65245

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12th ASME Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA2014)

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M. J. S. Zuberi and V. Esat, “ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF CHIRALITY AND SIZE ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NANOTUBES THROUGH FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING,” Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014, p. 0, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65245.