PROJECT SEMINAR PHASE-I

Modelling And Analysis Of mechanical Properties Of

Carbon Nanotubes

Presented by
Mirdul kumar Saxena (MT13CDM025)
M.Tech (CAD/CAM)
VNIT , Nagpur

Under the guidance of

Asst Prof Mangesh S. Kotambkar
 Content

Introduction
Literature survey
Objective
Methodology
Future work
Refrences
 Introduction:
Carbon nanotubes(CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with
a cylindrical nanostructure.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess extremely high
stiffness,strength and resilience.
Properties of CNT can be evaluated using a representative
volume element (RVE)
RVE is based on the continuum mechanics
Fig 1.graphene sheets rolled into tubes
 A 3-D FEM model for the square RVE with a long
CNT (CNT thickness=0.4 nm, with one layer of elements)
Study of CNT based composites is done on two levels:-

1. molecular dynamics (MD) (for smaller scales)

2. continuum mechanics approach (for larger scales)

 Literature Survey
S Author and Year Key work summary
NO.

1. Mahmoud This paper shows history and

Nadim Nahas et development of CNT and various
al.(2010) approaches like molecular approach to
deal with mechanical properties of CNT
2. N. B. This paper dealt with rules of mixture
Cherkasov& method for composites
S. V. Savilov
et al. (2003)
3. JAIME HORTA A study of square RVE is shown
RANGEL et al(2004) with technique to solve such
case using FEM. CNT . Addition of
CNT to matrix at volume fraction of 3.6%.

4. Unnati A Joshi et al. This paper deals with approaches

(2010) towards FEM modelling of nano
structured materials,here a
previously developed graphene
sheet is bent to get CNT,and then
is characterised to get its study
properties
 Objective

Finite element analysis of square RVE of carbon nano

tubes
Mathematical validation of mechanical properties like
elaticity modulus of carbon nano tubes using
experimental data.
 Methodology

A square RVE
containing a
long CNT
shown in a
cutthrough
view.
 A square RVE containing a short CNT
shown in a cutthrough view.
considering moduli of elasticity ratio of matrix and the cnt
i.e. Et/Em=10
Result:(till
CNT thicknessnow)
= 0.4nm ; volume fraction = 3.62% for long and
1.62% for short

matrix length=100nm ; poison's ratio= 0.3

With volume fraction as low as 3.6% we got 33% rise in

elasticity Ez/Em Ez/Em
FEM EXPERIMENTAL

long CNT 1.3255 1.31

short CNT 1.0391 1.0500

 Ez/Em
FEM Ez/Em
EXPERIMENTAL

CIRCULAR
1.4384 1.41
RVE
BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD :
BEM is applied successfully for the analysis of various materials
BEM is superior method for stress analysis if we have to consider
interfaces like CNT and matrix interface
BEM method becomes more important because most failures occur
at the interface
boudary integral equation

T ( P, P )[u ( P) u ( p )]dS ( P) U
s
ij 0 j j 0
s
ij ( P, P0 )t j ( P)dS ( P )
ui,t=displacement and traction fields
can be applied for 3-D elastostatic components
Hardships of BEM:

Major problem in applying

BEM method is to find the
nearly singular integral
correctly
i.e. when source point (P)
is very close still off the
surface of integration
for this line integral
approach will be used
 Rules of mixture:
Formula for elasticity
Ez=EtVt + Em(1 - Vt)

vzx=-(a/a)
(l/l)

1
avg z ( x, y, L / 2)dx.dy
A A
 ke/km=1+fp/3(kc/km)
effective property say thermal conductivity
(ke)
 Continuum Models
of Carbon
Y. J. Liu and X. L. Chen et Nanotube
1 el 2004 Using the Boundary
Element Method

numerical
Ali Samer Muhsan, Faiz simulation of
Ahmad thermal
2 properties of
, Norani M. Mohamed et
metal/CNT
el (2014)
composites
 Future work

With techniques like

boundary element method

mathematically validate the fem results

also try and mathemetically predict the various

properties of metal-CNT composites
 References:
Y.J. Liu and X.L. Chen,Continuum Models of Carbon
Nanotube-Based Composites Using the Boundary
Element Method . Electronic Journal of Boundary
Elements, Vol. 1, No. 2
Mahmoud Nadim Nahas,Finite Element Modeling of
CARBON nanoTUBES. International Journal of
Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering IJMME-IJENS
Vol:10 No:03
Ali Alavinasab , Nonlocal Theory and Finite Element
Modeling of Nano-Composites

www.nanocyl.com
 Unnati A Joshi, Preeti Joshi, S. P. Harsha , Satish C
Sharma , Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of
Carbon Nanotube : International Journal of Engineering
Science and Technology Vol. 2(5), 2010
Nonlocal Theory and Finite Element Modeling of Nano-
materials
Thank you