Open AccessDynamical model of Cosserat nanotubes
Author(s) -
David A. Burton,
Tim Gould
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/62/1/002
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , microstructure , shell model , phonon , shell (structure) , classical mechanics , nanotube , materials science , mechanics , theoretical physics , physics , nanotechnology , condensed matter physics , composite material , atomic physics
A Cosserat shell model of a single-wall carbon nanotube is developed based a recent static Cosserat rod model with microstructure. The new dynamical theory is used to study longitudinal acoustic phonon propagation