Size-dependent elastic and failure properties of carbon nanotubes subjected to combined loading

Abstract

This work examines the size-dependent elastic and failure properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with various aspect ratios under simultaneously combined tensiletorsional loads that can widely occur on the nanotubes incorporated in nanometer-scale devices and composite materials; classical molecular dynamics simulations are used. In particular, the effects of coupling between combined loads are investigated carefully, and then the size-dependent failure properties and multiple failure modes are characterized with failure criteria like multiple failure envelopes. These multiple failure modes consist of both the tensile fracture and torsional instability that refer to any actions leading to an inability of CNTs. The observations reveal that while the tensile failure load decreases with combined torsion, the torsional buckling load and shear stiffness increase with combined tension. These effects are due to the coupling between combined loads, and strongly dependent on the size and chirality of CNTs and the ratios of combined loading. This result therefore establishes the multiple failure envelopes, which are definitely different relative to what is predicted under uniaxial tension or torsion.

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] In addition, these nanocarbons exhibit specic properties depending on their dimensions. [14][15][16][17][18] Carbonbased materials can be classied based on dimensionalities of the nanostructures as the entire range of dimensionalities can be found in the nanocarbon family such as zero-dimensional (0D) fullerenes or diamond clusters, one-dimensional (1D) nanotubes or nanobers, two-dimensional (2D) graphene sheets, and three-dimensional (3D) nanocrystalline diamonds and fullerite. 19,20 It would be highly expected that integration of these dimensionalities is one of the important keys to develop novel functions in nanocarbon materials.…”