@article {10.3844/ajassp.2014.1255.1273,
article_type = {journal},
title = {A COSSERAT-TYPE PLATE THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION TO CARBON NANOTUBE MICROSTRUCTURE},
author = {Selmi, Abdellatif and Hassis, Hedi and Doghri, Issam and Zenzri, Hatem},
volume = {11},
year = {2014},
month = {May},
pages = {1255-1273},
doi = {10.3844/ajassp.2014.1255.1273},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2014.1255.1273},
abstract = {The predictive capabilities of plate and shell theories greatly depend on their underlying kinematic assumptions. In this study, we develop a Cosserat-type elastic plate theory which accounts for rotations around the normal to the mid-surface plane (so-called drilling rotations). Internal loads, equilibrium equations, boundary conditions and constitutive equations are derived. The case of a Single Walled carbon Nanotube (SWNT) modelled as a Cosserat medium is taken here as a reference example. Material parameters are identified and the proposed theory is used to solve analytically the problem of a polymer-SWNT composite tube under torsion. Predictions such as an absolute size effect are compared to those of the classical Cauchy-de Saint-Venant results.},
journal = {American Journal of Applied Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}