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Nonlocal scale effects on wave propagation in multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Narendar, S and Gopalakrishnan, S (2009) Nonlocal scale effects on wave propagation in multi-walled carbon nanotubes. In: Computational Materials Science, 47 (2). pp. 526-538.

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Abstract

This paper represents the effect of nonlocal scale parameter on the wave propagation in multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Each wall of the MWCNT is modeled as first order shear deformation beams and the van der Waals interactions between the walls are modeled as distributed springs. The studies shows that the scale parameter introduces certain band gap region in both flexural and shear wave mode where no wave propagation occurs. This is manifested in the wavenumber plots as the region where the wavenumber tends to infinite (or group speed tends to zero). The frequency at which this phenomenon occurs is called the ``Escape frequency''. The analysis shows that, for a given N-walled carbon nanotube (CNT). the nonlocal scaling parameter has a significant effect on the shear wave modes of the N - 1 walls. The escape frequencies of the flexural and shear wave modes of the N-walls are inversely proportionl to the nonlocal scaling parameter. It is also shown that the cut-off frequencies are independent of the nonlocal scale parameter. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Computational Materials Science
Publisher: Elsevier science
Additional Information: Copyright for this article belongs to Elsevier science.
Keywords: Nonlocal elasticity; Carbon nanotube; Timoshenko beam model; Escape frequency; Wavenumber; Group speed; Dispersion; Band gap
Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2010 09:02
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2010 05:54
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/25435

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