Influence of the Vacancies on the Buckling Behavior of a Single–Layered Graphene Nanosheet

Subject Areas : Engineering

S.M.H Farrash ¹ , M Shariati ² , J Rezaeepazhand ³

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2017-06-11 Accepted : 2017-08-12 Published : 2017-09-01

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