简介:Moleculardynamics(MD)simulationswereperformedtostretchtherectangulargraphenesheetsdopedwithsilicon,nitrogenorboronatoms.Young’smodulus,ultimatestress(strain)andenergyabsorptionweremeasuredforthegraphenesheetswiththedopingconcentration(DC)rangingfrom0to5%.Theemphasiswasplacedonthedistincteffectsofeachindividualdopantonthefundamentalmechanicalpropertiesofgraphene.TheresultsindicatedthatincorporatingthedopantsintographeneledtoanalmostlineardecreaseinYoung’smodulus.Monotonicreductionsinultimatestrength,ultimatestrainandenergyabsorptionwerealsoobserved.Suchdopingeffectswerefoundtobemostsignificantforsilicon,lesspronouncedforboron,andsmallornegligiblefornitrogen.Theoutputsprovideanimportantguidanceforthedevelopmentandoptimizationofnovelnanoscaledevices,andfacilitatethedevelopmentofgraphene-basedM/NEMS.
简介:InallthearticlesinActaMechanicaSolidaSinica,Volume31,Issues1-4thecopyrightisincorrectlydisplayedas"TheChineseSocietyofTheoreticalandAppliedMechanicsandTechnology"whereitshouldbe"TheChineseSocietyofTheoreticalandAppliedMechanics".
简介:Thepresentworkisconcernedwithapenny-shapedDugdalecrackembeddedinaninfinitespaceofone-dimensional(1D)hexagonalquasicrystalsandsubjectedtotwoidenticalaxisymmetrictemperatureloadingsontheupperandlowercracksurfaces.ApplyingDugdalehypothesistothermo-elasticresults,theextentoftheplasticzoneatthecracktipisdetermined.Thenormalstressoutsidetheplasticzoneandcracksurfacedisplacementarederivedintermsofspecialfunctions.Forauniformloadingcase,thecorrespondingresultsarepresentedbysimplifyingtheprecedingresults.Numericalcalculationsarecarriedouttoshowtheinfluenceofsomeparameters.