Mechanisms of Nanoindentation on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube and Nanotube Cluster
Figure 1
MM simulation of indentation on a (5,5)-(10,10)-(15,15)
MWCNT: (a) Indentation force F-indentation
depth δ relationship, and
comparison with F-δ curves of its subunit SWCNTs. (b)
System energy U-nominal axial strain ε relationship, and the top view and side view of
deformed configurations of MWCNT in different regimes.
