Investigation of temperature effect on the mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes
Investigation of temperature effect on the mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes
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DOI:
10.1016/j.compstruct.2011.03.007
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发表时间:
2011-08
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
K. Liew;J. Yan;Yuzhou Sun;Linghui He
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作者:
K. Liew;J. Yan;Yuzhou Sun;Linghui He
A temperature-related higher-order gradient continuum theory is proposed for predicting the mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) at various temperatures. It is found that the axial elastic moduli of zigzag (21, 0), armchair (12, 12) and chiral (15, 9) SWCNTs with similar radii approach 0.7 TPa whenT= 0 K, but decline slightly on different slopes. These results indicate that the temperature effect influences the axial Young moduli of zigzag SWCNTs less than those of the other types. Moreover, the parametersλ1andλ2corresponding to the uniform longitudinal and circumferential stretches at different temperatures are also examined, and the results show that with an increasing temperature, all SWCNTs are stretched in the longitudinal direction, while in the circumferential direction, only the zigzag SWCNTs are stretched, whereas the others are compressed.