Investigation of Vibrational Behavior of Perfect and Defective Carbon Nanotubes Using Non–Linear Mass–Spring Model

Subject Areas : Engineering

A.A Shariati ¹ , A.R Golkarian ² , M Jabbarzadeh ³

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University

Received: 2014-03-28 Accepted : 2014-05-29 Published : 2014-09-30

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