• 文献标题:   How graphene flexes and stretches under concomitant bending couples and tractions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FAVATA A, MICHELETTI A, PODIOGUIDUGLI P, PUGNO NM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, softening, hardening, bending stiffnes, stretching stiffnes
  • 出版物名称:   MECCANICA
  • ISSN:   0025-6455 EI 1572-9648
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sapienza Univ Rome
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11012-016-0503-2
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We propose a geometrically and materially nonlinear discrete mechanical model of graphene that assigns an energetic cost to changes in bond lengths, bond angles, and dihedral angles. We formulate a variational equilibrium problem for a rectangular graphene sheet with assigned balanced forces and couples uniformly distributed over opposite side pairs. We show that the resulting combination of stretching and bending makes achiral graphene easier to bend and harder (easier) to stretch for small (large) traction loads. Our general developments hold for a wide class of REBO potentials; we illustrate them in detail by numerical calculations performed in the case of a widely used 2nd-generation Brenner potential.