Computational analysis of mechanical performance of carbon nanotubes with defects

• Main Author: Roslan, Farah Liyana.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/47710
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The discovery of carbon nanotubes in 1991 spurred a wide area of research, with a large portion of current nanoscience research involving carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes have been proposed for a variety of applications due to their impressive mechanical, electrical and thermal properties. An intr...