A STRUCTURAL MECHANICS APPROACH FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES

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On the tensile behavior of an embedded carbon nanotube in polymer matrix with non-bonded interphase region (2010, methodology): “This is the same strategy employed by Li and Chou [28], while Odegard et al.”
Computational materials: Multi-scale modeling and simulation of nanostructured materials (2005, methodology): “The molecular structural mechanics method was developed to model the mechanical behavior of carbon nanotubes and carbon-nanotube composites [66–70].”
Natural frequency analysis of functionally graded rectangular nanoplates with different boundary conditions via an analytical method (2015, neutral): “Modeling micro- and nano-scale structures has been developed to three general categories named: atomistic [9], hybrid atomistic–continuum mechanics [10, 11] and continuum mechanics [12].”
Review article: Polymer-matrix Nanocomposites, Processing, Manufacturing, and Application: An Overview (2006, background): “SIMULATION AND MODELING Li and Chou [272,273] have worked out the contributions of van der Waals interactions between individual carbon atoms within nanotubes within the finite element modeling (FEM) truss model (Figure 28).”