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TY - JOUR
T1 - A Cosserat rod model with microstructure.
AU - Gould, T.
AU - Burton, D. A.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A novel continuum mechanical model of long, flexible, hollow tubes is developed using the Cosserat theory of rods and used to study the mechanics of carbon nanotubes. By adding 'microstructure' to a Cosserat rod, analyses of tubes with deformable cross-sections are permitted. To facilitate the analysis, an approximation is introduced that reduces the infinite number of microstructural degrees of freedom to one complex scalar field. The Cosserat rod and microstructure system is solved both numerically and analytically.
AB - A novel continuum mechanical model of long, flexible, hollow tubes is developed using the Cosserat theory of rods and used to study the mechanics of carbon nanotubes. By adding 'microstructure' to a Cosserat rod, analyses of tubes with deformable cross-sections are permitted. To facilitate the analysis, an approximation is introduced that reduces the infinite number of microstructural degrees of freedom to one complex scalar field. The Cosserat rod and microstructure system is solved both numerically and analytically.
U2 - 10.1088/1367-2630/8/8/137
DO - 10.1088/1367-2630/8/8/137
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
JO - New Journal of Physics
JF - New Journal of Physics
IS - 137
ER -