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Large deformation elasticity and damping of individual carbon nanotubes in radial direction

Submitted by Majid Minary on

Carbon nanotubes as strong fibers in CNT-composites are subjected to large deformations in radial direction. They provide strength as well as structural damping in the composite. Despite being strong in the axial direction, CNTs are rather soft in the radial direction.

Challenges in modeling of CNT/polymer composites

Submitted by Kazem Yazdchi on

Many researchers have already used micromechanical modeling techniques such as Mori-Tanaka (M-T), Self-consistent methods and dilute inclusion models depending on volume fraction and shape of the inclusions, etc., to predict the overall mechanical properties of CNT/polymer composites.  However, we know that at nano scales the phenomenological behavior of material is different in comparison with micro or macro scales. Although the effects of waviness, interactions, agglomeration, etc.

I am so tired

Submitted by Changguo Xue on

Maybe I make some mistakes or a  bug in the website .

whenpress "post comment "buttom ,My comments were lost many time ,

And there only leave "I am a student of USTC.I am research in Biosensor base Microcantilver ." And these word I have deleted  a few hours ago .

I am so tired ,because this is my first time to post comment and I have not finished it several times .

Thank Prof Suo ,who invited my join it ,the iMechanica was best scientific community that I have seen .

""STUDY GROUP""

Submitted by Mahdi Kazemzadeh on

This is a great news for all students here in iMechanica! The formation of a study group which will focus on the basic concepts and the facts of daily research, the simple tools that any of us will need at a certain stage. Please see blow the formation of this idea and add your comment, it would be good to know other points of view as we can improve the initial idea step by step.

lack of sensitivity

Submitted by adelajda on

Hi everybody.  My name is Ada. I am a new user on this forum.

I am working with microcantilevers (MCs). Recently I experienced lack of sensitivity. I use  MCs coated with nanostructured gold and I use SAM to attach different biological molecules e.g. Protein A, IgG, antiIgG. Everything was working fine until recently.

Would enybody have any sugestions what might be wrong?

Thanks,

Ada 

Berger on Video Solutions for Teaching Mechanics

Submitted by Carl T. Herakovich on

Professor Ed Berger, Univeristy of Virginia Mechanical Engineering, is featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education for his use of web technologies and, in particular, "video solutions" for teaching undergraduate mechanics courses.