Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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510073 | Computers & Structures | 2011 | 15 Pages |
This paper deals with the molecular mechanics simulations of graphene nanostructures and their vibration behavior for potential applications on nano-electronics and nanocomposites. The fundamental frequencies for CNTs range from 10 to 250 GHz and 100 to 1000 GHz for the cantilevered and bridged conditions, respectively. As the ratio L/d increases the fundamental frequency decreases, as expected. A decrease on fundamental frequencies with the bending waviness was noticed for all conditions. The mode shape for bent carbon nanotubes seems to be a superposition of the vibration mode and the bending mode for the zigzag configuration. Multi-layered graphene nanosheets were also investigated. The fundamental frequencies ranged from 50 to 150 GHz, with an odd/even shape mode switch.