A multiscale framework for computational nanomechanics: Application to the modeling of carbon nanotubes

DOI10.1002/nme.2510zbMath1183.74293MaRDI QIDQ3549787

Arif Masud, Raguraman Kannan

Publication date: 29 March 2010

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.2510

zbMATH Keywords

finite element analysis; molecular mechanics; carbon nanotubes; vacancy defects; graphene sheets; bridging scales; interatomic potentials; multiscale formulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

74M25: Micromechanics of solids

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