...Giovanni Formica; Michela Taló; Giulia Lanzara; Walter Lacarbonara Hysteresis due to stick-slip energy dissipation in carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites is experimentally observed, measured, and identified through a one-dimensional (1D) phenomenological model obtained via reduction of a three...

... matrix. The results presented in this paper can provide useful guidance for the study and design of the next generation of nanodevices that make use of the wave dispersion properties of carbon nanotubes. For analyzing the ultrasonic wave dispersion characteristics in nanorods, we assume...

...Chao Fang; Ajeet Kumar; Subrata Mukherjee Chandraseker et al. (2009, “An Atomistic-Continuum Cosserat Rod Model of Carbon Nanotubes,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 57, pp. 932–958 ), in a 2009 JMPS paper, proposed an atomistic-continuum model, based on Cosserat rod theory, for deformation of a single...

...W. B. Lu; J. Wu; X. Feng; K. C. Hwang; Y. Huang Based on the finite-deformation shell theory for carbon nanotubes established from the interatomic potential and the continuum model for van der Waals (vdW) interactions, we have studied the buckling of double-walled carbon nanotubes subjected...

...X. Q. He; S. Kitipornchai; C. M. Wang; Y. Xiang; Q. Zhou In this paper, a more refined pressure distribution expression is derived to describe the van der Waals (vdW) interaction between any two tubes of a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT). Based on this new vdW force expression, a continuum...

...Hui-Shen Shen; Chen-Li Zhang Buckling and post-buckling analysis is presented for axially compressed double-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) embedded in an elastic matrix in thermal environments. The double-walled carbon nanotube is modeled as a nonlocal shear deformable cylindrical shell, which...

...M. C. Ray; R. C. Batra We propose a new hybrid piezoelectric composite comprised of armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes and piezoelectric fibers as reinforcements embedded in a conventional polymer matrix. Effective piezoelectric and elastic properties of this composite have been determined...

...J. Wu; K. C. Hwang; J. Song; Y. Huang Based on the finite-deformation shell theory for carbon nanotubes established from the interatomic potential in Part I of this paper, we have studied the instability of carbon nanotubes subjected to different loadings (tension, compression, internal...

...J. Wu; K. C. Hwang; Y. Huang; J. Song A finite-deformation shell theory for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is established directly from the interatomic potential for carbon to account for the effect of bending and curvature. Its constitutive relation accounts for the nonlinear multibody atomistic...

...R. C. Batra; S. S. Gupta We postulate that an equivalent continuum structure (ECS) of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) is a hollow cylinder with mean radius and length equal to that of the SWCNT, and find the thickness of the ECS so that its mechanical response in free vibrations is the same...

...Gary D. Seidel; Dimitris C. Lagoudas A micromechanics approach for assessing the impact of an interfacial thermal resistance, also known as the Kapitza resistance, on the effective thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube-polymer nanocomposites is applied, which includes both the effects...

...Kai-Yu Xu; Elias C. Aifantis; Yong-Hua Yan Free vibrations of a double-walled carbon nanotube (DWNT) are studied. The inner and outer carbon nanotubes are modeled as two individual elastic beams interacting each other by van der Waals forces. An original method is proposed to calculate the first...

...Renfu Li; George A. Kardomateas In this paper, the vibrational behavior of the multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) embedded in elastic media is investigated by a nonlocal shell model. The nonlocal shell model is formulated by considering the small length scales effects, the interaction of van der...

...Gang Huang; Bo Wang; Hongbing Lu; Arif Mamedov; Sachin Gupta Strong single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) possess very high stiffness and strength. They have potential for use to tailor the material design to reach desired mechanical properties through SWNT nanocomposites. Layer-by-layer (LBL...

... the thermal buckling behavior of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes are considered as concentric thin shells coupled with the van der Waals forces between adjacent nanotubes. Closed form solutions are formulated for two types of thermal buckling of a double-walled carbon nanotube...

...X. Guo; A. Y. T. Leung; H. Jiang; X. Q. He; Y. Huang This paper employs the atomic-scale finite element method (AFEM) to study critical strain of axial buckling for carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Brenner et al. “second-generation” empirical potential is used to model covalent bonds among atoms...

...J. G. Simmonds carbon nanotubes shells (structures) elasticity buckling torsion Poisson ratio variational techniques I wish to point out that there are equations for the vibration (( 1 ), pp. 259–261) and buckling ( 2 ) of elastically isotropic circular cylindrical shells...

... on the effect of the various geometrical variables and insight into the design of novel devices. 23 August 2004 26 January 2005 12 08 2005 nanotube devices carbon nanotubes kinematics electrostatic actuators numerical analysis Yang Y. T. , Ekinci K. L. , Huang X. M...

...Karthick Chandraseker; Subrata Mukherjee This paper presents a study of the deformation behavior of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) subjected to extension and twist. The interatomic force description is provided by the Tersoff-Brenner potential for carbon. The rolling of a flat graphene...

...J. Yoon; C. Q. Ru; A. Mioduchowski Short carbon nanotubes of smaller aspect ratio (say, between 10 and 50) are finding significant application in nanotechnology. This paper studies vibration of such short carbon nanotubes whose higher-order resonant frequencies fall within terahertz range. Because...