A Carbon Nanotube Cable for a Space Elevator

BOCHNÍČEK, Zdeněk. A Carbon Nanotube Cable for a Space Elevator. The Physics Teacher. American Association of Physics Teachers, 2013, vol. 51, No 8, p. 462-464. ISSN 0031-921X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.4824936.

Basic information

Original name

A Carbon Nanotube Cable for a Space Elevator

Authors

BOCHNÍČEK, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

The Physics Teacher, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2013, 0031-921X

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50300 5.3 Education

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/13:00069668

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.4824936

UT WoS

000209539500004

Keywords in English

cables (mechanical); carbon nanotubes; educational aids; engineering education; lifts; physics education; teaching; tensile strength; Young's modulus

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AKR

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International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

In this paper the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes are discussed in connection with the possibility to use them for the construction of a space elevator. From the fundamental information about the structure of a carbon nanotube and the chemical bond between carbon atoms, Young's modulus and the ultimate tensile strength are estimated. For this calculation only simple high school physics is necessary. The results, the same as known from experimental data, show that carbon nanotubes could be, at least hypothetically, a possible material for construction of a space elevator cable