Estimation of Material Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Using Finite Element Method

Jozef, Bocko; Pavol, Lengvarský; Miroslav, Pástor

doi:10.2478/scjme-2019-0014

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.

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Estimation of Material Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Using Finite Element Method

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