Bending Analysis of Multi-Layered Graphene Sheets Under Combined Non-Uniform Shear and Normal Tractions

Subject Areas : Engineering

M.M  Alipour ¹ (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran)
M  Shaban ² (Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran)

Received: 2016-09-02 Accepted : 2016-11-20 Published : 2017-03-30

Keywords: Graphene, Multilayer, Nonlocal, Shear and normal traction,

Abstract :

Bending analysis of multilayer graphene sheets (MLGSs) subjected to non-uniform shear and normal tractions is presented. The constitutive relations are considered to be non-classical based on nonlocal theory of elasticity. Based on the differential transformation method, numerical illustrations are carried out for circular and annular geometries. The effects of nano scale parameter, radius of circular and annular graphene sheet, number of layers as well as distance between layers in the presence of van der Waals interaction forces are investigated. In addition, the effects of different boundary conditions are also examined. The numerical results show that above mentioned parameters have significant effects on the bending behavior of MLGSs under the action of non-uniform shear and normal tractions.

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