Effect of Carbon Nanotube Geometries on Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposite Via Nanoscale Representative Volume Element
Subject Areas : Engineering
F Moghaddam
1
(Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran)
E Ghavanloo
2
(School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University)
S.A Fazelzadeh
3
(School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University)
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