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.
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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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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50300 5.3 Education
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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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
Tags AKR
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
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
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