Title :
Compressive and tensile behaviors of carbon and boron nitride nanotubes
Author :
Ribo Wei ; Yanling Tian ; Eichhorn, Volkmar ; Fatikow, Sergej
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Eng., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China
fDate :
Aug. 29 2012-Sept. 1 2012
Abstract :
In order to systematically investigate compressive and tensile behaviors of the carbon nanotubes and boron nitride nanotubes, classical molecular dynamics simulations are conducted to examine the deformation patterns under compression and tension. The axial stress and strain energy per atom are obtained to study the mechanical properties of the nanotubes. From the computational analyses, it is noted that chirality is one of the main factors affecting the behavior of the nanotubes, and the nanotubes in different materials but with the same chirality have similar deformation patterns. The axial stress and strain energy per atom can also reflect the behavior of the tubes.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; boron compounds; carbon nanotubes; deformation; molecular dynamics method; semiconductor nanotubes; stress analysis; wide band gap semiconductors; BN; C; axial strain energy; axial stress energy; boron nitride nanotube; carbon nanotube; compressive behavior; computational analyses; deformation patterns; molecular dynamics simulations; nanotube behavior; nanotube mechanical properties; tensile behavior; Boron; Manufacturing; Nanotubes; Nickel; Niobium; Strain; Stress; Boron nitride nanotubes; Carbon nanotubes; Compressive behavior; Molecular dynamics; Tensile behavior;
Conference_Titel :
Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shaanxi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4588-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4589-7
DOI :
10.1109/3M-NANO.2012.6472951