Molecular dynamics modeling and simulations of carbon nanotube-based gears

• Main Authors: Che, Lokman Jaafar, Ng, Teng Yong, Yeak, Su Hoe
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Kinematics and dynamics of machinery
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107282; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25530; http://202.185.40.50/jsm/pdf_files/SM-PDF-41-7-2012/13%20Yeak%20Su%20Hoe.pdf
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A molecular dynamics (MD) modeling method was applied to investigate the properties of carbon nanotube-based gears (CNT gears). The Brenner's reactive hydrocarbon potential was used in order to calculate the short range interatomic forces. The Lennard-Jones 6-12 (LJ) was used to calculate the l...