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Analysis of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composites Subjected to Impact Loads By the Bem Cover

Analysis of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composites Subjected to Impact Loads By the Bem

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|Dec 2025

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Fig. 1.

Matrix reinforced by thin, straight, and rigid nanotubes

Fig. 2.

Displacements of the nanotube (dashed line – initial orientation of the nanotube)

Fig. 3.

Distribution of tractions along the nanotube

Fig. 4.

Division of the external boundary and nanotubes into boundary elements

Fig. 5.

Boundary conditions for the plates: a) two-edge loading, b) one-edge loading

Fig. 6.

Rectangular plate with a single nanotube – dimensions of the plate: a) whole plate, b) half of the plate

Fig. 7.

Rectangular plate with a single nanotube – normalized displacements of selected points for two-edge loading

Fig. 8.

Rectangular plate with a single nanotube – normalized displacements of selected points for one-edge loading

Fig. 9.

Rectangular plate with a single nanotube – normalized displacements of point C for different number of boundary elements

Fig. 10.

Load variability over time: a) impact load, b) rectangular impulse, c) ramp load, d) triangular impulse

Fig. 11.

Rectangular plate with a single nanotube - normalized displacements of point C for different variability of load over time

Fig. 12.

Rectangular plate with 15 nanotubes – dimensions of the plate

Fig. 13.

Rectangular plate with 15 nanotubes – normalized displacements of selected points for two-edge loading

Fig. 14.

Rectangular plate with 15 nanotubes – normalized displacements of selected points for one-edge loading

Fig. 15.

Rectangular plate with 15 nanotubes – initial and deformed shape of the plate at time t=4 ns for one-edge loading

Fig. 16.

Rectangular plate with 15 nanotubes – influence of the vertical distance between nanotubes on displacements

Fig. 17.

Rectangular plate with 15 nanotubes – influence of the horizontal distance between nanotubes on displacements

Fig. 18.

Rectangular plate with 13 nanotubes – dimensions of the plate

Fig. 19.

Rectangular plate with 13 nanotubes – normalized displacements of selected points for two-edge loading

Fig. 20.

Rectangular plate with 13 nanotubes – normalized displacements of selected points for one-edge loading

Fig. 21.

Rectangular plate with 13 nanotubes – initial and deformed shape of the plate at time t=4 ns for one-edge loading

Fig. 22.

Rectangular plate with 13 nanotubes – influence of the length of nanotubes on displacements

Fig. 23.

Rectangular plate with a single nanotube – influence of reinforcement: a) with nanotube, two-edge loading, b) without nanotube, two-edge loading, c) with nanotube, one-edge loading, d) without nanotube, one-edge loading

Fig. 24.

Rectangular plate with 15 nanotubes – influence of reinforcement: a) with nanotubes, two-edge loading, b) without nanotubes, two-edge loading, c) with nanotubes, one-edge loading, d) without nanotubes, one-edge loading

Division of the rectangular plate with a single nanotube into boundary elements

DiscretizationNumber of boundary elements
nanotubeexternal boundarytotal
121012
251823
3103646
4207292
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2025-0066 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5319 | Journal ISSN: 1898-4088
Language: English
Page range: 585 - 596
Submitted on: Apr 11, 2025
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Accepted on: Sep 28, 2025
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Published on: Dec 19, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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