Axially compressed buckling of an embedded boron nitride nanotube subjected to thermo-electro-mechanical loadings

Amin Salehi-Khojin; Nader Jalili

doi:10.1117/12.715820

20 April 2007 Axially compressed buckling of an embedded boron nitride nanotube subjected to thermo-electro-mechanical loadings

Amin Salehi-Khojin, Nader Jalili

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Proceedings Volume 6526, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional and Composite Materials 2007; 652621 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.715820
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Unlike widely-used carbon nanotubes, boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) have shown to possess stable semiconducting behavior and strong piezoelectricity. Such properties along with their outstanding mechanical properties and thermal conductivity, make BNNTs promising candidate reinforcement materials for a verity of applications especially nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices. Motivated by these abilities, we aim to study the buckling behavior of BNNT-reinforced piezoelectric polymeric composites when subjected to combined electro-thermo-mechanical loadings. For this, the multi-walled structure of BNNT is considered as elastic media and a set of concentric cylindrical shell with van der Waals interaction between them. Using three-dimensional equilibrium equations, Donnell shell theory is utilized to show that the axially compressive resistance of BNNT varies with applying thermal and electrical loads. The effect of BNNT piezoelectric property on the buckling behavior of the composites is demonstrated. More specifically, it is shown that applying direct and reverse voltages to BNNT changes the buckling loads for any axial and circumferential wavenumbers. Such capability could be uniquely utilized when designing BNNT-reinforced composites.

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Amin Salehi-Khojin and Nader Jalili "Axially compressed buckling of an embedded boron nitride nanotube subjected to thermo-electro-mechanical loadings", Proc. SPIE 6526, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional and Composite Materials 2007, 652621 (20 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.715820

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