Effect of the van der Waals interaction on analysis of double-walled carbon nanotubes

    Authors

    Q. Wang

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. J. Struct. Stab. Dyn.

    Keywords

    carbon nanotubes; double-walled nanotubes; van der Waals interaction; continuum models; kink instability; MODELS; Engineering, Civil; Engineering, Mechanical; Mechanics

    Abstract

    This paper presents the research on the analysis of the van der Waals (vdW) interaction on double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) via an elastic beam model. The parametric studies on the size of DWNTs are conducted to show the effect of vdW interaction on the analysis of both a cantilever DWNT subjected to force at the free tip and a DWNT subjected to pure bending. In addition, the kink instability for the cantilever DWNT is analyzed based on the proposed beam model. It is hoped that the research will provide mechanical models for the analysis of both single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) and multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs), as well as for kink instability analysis of carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

    Journal Title

    International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

    Volume

    5

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    457

    Last Page

    474

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000232647800007

    ISSN

    0219-4554

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