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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DAMAGE MECHANICS
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 28-48Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1056789516645645
Keywords
Graphene nanoribbon; damage mechanics; molecular dynamics simulation; nanomaterials; Uniaxial tension
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- US Navy Office of Naval Research Advanced Electrical Power Systems program
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Using molecular dynamics simulations, graphene nanoribbons with armchair chirality were subjected to displacement-controlled uniaxial tension until complete fracture at 300K in order to understand their damage mechanics. Graphene nanoribbons with and without a vacancy defect were simulated to compare the effect of the defect on the fracture behavior. Simulations were performed for graphene nanoribbons with lengths ranging from 2.5 to 15nm. The stress-strain curve of each case is reported, and the influence of defect on the material properties is discussed. For each sample, damage mechanics types were observed and discussed. Results show a negligible effect of the single vacancy defect on the ultimate strength of the graphene nanoribbon. However, having a single vacancy defect does influence the failure strain, as well as the damage mechanics past the ultimate stress point.
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