Research Article

Influence of Boundary Conditions and Defects on the Buckling Behavior of SWCNTs via a Structural Mechanics Approach

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Normalized critical buckling load curves and comparison between mode shapes of buckling of present model and those from continuum model for (a) fixed ends, (b) simply supported, and (c) free end boundary conditions.
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