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Stress Computation in a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Under Uniaxial Tension

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

A procedure is proposed for computing the virial stresses in an armchair Single-Walled Carbon NanoTube (SWCNT) under uniaxial tension. Computation is based on molecular dynamics simulations and the virial stress theorem. The proposed approach is compared with other methods used in the literature for calculating the stresses in CNTs. The loading is applied under two different boundary conditions and strain rates and the results are compared. It is shown that the method commonly used in the literature for calculating the stresses in CNTs under estimates the strength by around 35%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGrand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation Symposium 2009, GCMS 2009 - Part of the 2009 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2009
PublisherSociety of Modeling and Simulation
Pages17-22
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781622763610
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation Symposium, GCMS 2009 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: Jul 13 2009Jul 16 2009

Publication series

NameGrand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation Symposium 2009, GCMS 2009 - Part of the 2009 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2009

Conference

Conference2009 Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation Symposium, GCMS 2009
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period07/13/0907/16/09

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Molecular dynamics
  • Multi-scale mechanics
  • Virial stress

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