Author(s)

Thin-Lin Horng^*

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kun-Shan University, Tainan.

Based on the Timoshenko beam theory and Bernoulli-Fourier method, a single-elastic beam model is developed for transverse vibrations of single-walled carbon nanotubes under additional axial load, which includes the effects of the elastic medium around them. Explicit expressions are derived for the natural frequencies and transversal responses of simply supported single-walled carbon nanotubes. The influence of addition axial load and the properties of elastic medium on the vibrations are discussed. The results showed that the effects of addition axial load on the lower natural frequencies of single-walled carbon nanotubes are sensitive to the lower vibration modes and the stiff elastic medium. The lower natural frequencies depend on the axial load; they become smaller with increasing axial load and vary with the vibration modes. In addition, except for the first mode, the effects of the axial load on the stiff elastic medium are considerably greater than those on the flexible one. However, the constants of the elastic medium have little effect on the first mode. The critical axial buckling stress and strain for simply-supported single-walled carbon nanotubes are also obtained.

Transverse Vibration; Timoshenko Beam model; Elastic Media; Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes; Bernoulli-Fourier Method

T. Horng, "Transverse Vibration Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Embedded in an Elastic Medium Using Bernoulli-Fourier Method," Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, Vol. 2 No. 3A, 2012, pp. 203-209. doi: 10.4236/jsemat.2012.223031.