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Ali Reza Ranjbartoreh1,2, Guoxiu Wang3
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Office 3. 29, Building 4, Harris St, Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia. Aranjbar@uow.edu.au.
Abstract:
Molecular dynamic simulation method has been employed to consider the critical buckling force, pressure, and strain of pristine and defected single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) under axial compression. Effects of length, radius, chirality, Stone-Wales (SW) defect, and single vacancy (SV) defect on buckling behavior of SWCNTs have been studied. Obtained results indicate that axial stability of SWCNT reduces significantly due to topological defects. Critical buckling strain is more susceptible to defects than critical buckling force. Both SW and SV defects decrease the buckling mode of SWCNT. Comparative approach of this study leads to more reliable design of nanostructures.
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