<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper deals with estimation of material properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The SWCNTs are simulated as frames, where carbon atoms are replaced by nodes and interatomic interactions are replaced by beams. The tension and torsion loading is applied on SWCNTs for determining the elastic modulus, Poisson’s ratio, shear modulus and membrane stiffness of SWCNTs. The simulations for obtaining elongations and torsion angles of SWCNTs are accomplished by the finite element method.</p></abstract>

The paper deals with estimation of material properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The SWCNTs are simulated as frames, where carbon atoms are replaced by nodes and interatomic interactions are replaced by beams. The tension and torsion loading is applied on SWCNTs for determining the elastic modulus, Poisson’s ratio, shear modulus and membrane stiffness of SWCNTs. The simulations for obtaining elongations and torsion angles of SWCNTs are accomplished by the finite element method.

Estimation of Material Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Using Finite Element Method

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

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The paper deals with estimation of material properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The SWCNTs are simulated as frames, where carbon atoms are...

Estimation of Material Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Using Finite Element Method

Published Online: Jun 28, 2019

Page range: 7 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0014

Keywords
beam element, carbon nanotube, FEM, material characteristics

© 2019 Bocko Jozef et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Estimation of Material Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Using Finite Element Method

Published Online: Jun 28, 2019

Page range: 7 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scjme-2019-0014

Keywordsbeam element, carbon nanotube, FEM, material characteristics

© 2019 Bocko Jozef et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
beam element, carbon nanotube, FEM, material characteristics