Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1545431 Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 2011 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this article, the buckling behavior of nanoscale circular plates under uniform radial compression is studied. Small-scale effect is taken into consideration. Using nonlocal elasticity theory the governing equations are derived for the circular single-layered graphene sheets (SLGS). Explicit expressions for the buckling loads are obtained for clamped and simply supported boundary conditions. It is shown that nonlocal effects play an important role in the buckling of circular nanoplates. The effects of the small scale on the buckling loads considering various parameters such as the radius of the plate and mode numbers are investigated.

► Exact solution for the axisymmetric buckling of circular nanoplate. ► Single-layered graphene sheet under uniform edge load. ► Using nonlocal plate theory. ► Clamped and simply supported boundary conditions are investigated. ► The small-scale effect plays an important role.

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