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Effect of Temperatures and Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of the Aluminum Matrix: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Graphene has become an ideal reinforcement for reinforced metal matrix composites due to its excellent mechanical properties. However, the theory of graphene reinforcement in graphene/aluminum matrix composites is not yet well developed. In this paper, the effect of different temperatures on the mec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37049015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16072722 |
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author | Huang, Jingtao Li, Mingwei Chen, Jiaying Cheng, Yuan Lai, Zhonghong Hu, Jin Zhou, Fei Qu, Nan Liu, Yong Zhu, Jingchuan |
author_facet | Huang, Jingtao Li, Mingwei Chen, Jiaying Cheng, Yuan Lai, Zhonghong Hu, Jin Zhou, Fei Qu, Nan Liu, Yong Zhu, Jingchuan |
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description | Graphene has become an ideal reinforcement for reinforced metal matrix composites due to its excellent mechanical properties. However, the theory of graphene reinforcement in graphene/aluminum matrix composites is not yet well developed. In this paper, the effect of different temperatures on the mechanical properties of the metal matrix is investigated using a classical molecular dynamics approach, and the effects of the configuration and distribution of graphene in the metal matrix on the mechanical properties of the composites are also described in detail. It is shown that in the case of a monolayer graphene-reinforced aluminum matrix, the simulated stretching process does not break the graphene as the strain increases, but rather, the graphene and the aluminum matrix have a shearing behavior, and thus, the graphene “pulls out" from the aluminum matrix. In the parallel stretching direction, the tensile stress tends to increase with the increase of the graphene area ratio. In the vertical stretching direction, the tensile stress tends to decrease as the percentage of graphene area increases. In the parallel stretching direction, the tensile stress of the system tends to decrease as the angle between graphene and the stretching direction increases. It is important to investigate the effect of a different graphene distribution in the aluminum matrix on the mechanical properties of the composites for the design of high-strength graphene/metal matrix composites. |
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spelling | pubmed-100963732023-04-13 Effect of Temperatures and Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of the Aluminum Matrix: A Molecular Dynamics Study Huang, Jingtao Li, Mingwei Chen, Jiaying Cheng, Yuan Lai, Zhonghong Hu, Jin Zhou, Fei Qu, Nan Liu, Yong Zhu, Jingchuan Materials (Basel) Article Graphene has become an ideal reinforcement for reinforced metal matrix composites due to its excellent mechanical properties. However, the theory of graphene reinforcement in graphene/aluminum matrix composites is not yet well developed. In this paper, the effect of different temperatures on the mechanical properties of the metal matrix is investigated using a classical molecular dynamics approach, and the effects of the configuration and distribution of graphene in the metal matrix on the mechanical properties of the composites are also described in detail. It is shown that in the case of a monolayer graphene-reinforced aluminum matrix, the simulated stretching process does not break the graphene as the strain increases, but rather, the graphene and the aluminum matrix have a shearing behavior, and thus, the graphene “pulls out" from the aluminum matrix. In the parallel stretching direction, the tensile stress tends to increase with the increase of the graphene area ratio. In the vertical stretching direction, the tensile stress tends to decrease as the percentage of graphene area increases. In the parallel stretching direction, the tensile stress of the system tends to decrease as the angle between graphene and the stretching direction increases. It is important to investigate the effect of a different graphene distribution in the aluminum matrix on the mechanical properties of the composites for the design of high-strength graphene/metal matrix composites. MDPI 2023-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10096373/ /pubmed/37049015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16072722 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Huang, Jingtao Li, Mingwei Chen, Jiaying Cheng, Yuan Lai, Zhonghong Hu, Jin Zhou, Fei Qu, Nan Liu, Yong Zhu, Jingchuan Effect of Temperatures and Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of the Aluminum Matrix: A Molecular Dynamics Study |
title | Effect of Temperatures and Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of the Aluminum Matrix: A Molecular Dynamics Study |
title_full | Effect of Temperatures and Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of the Aluminum Matrix: A Molecular Dynamics Study |
title_fullStr | Effect of Temperatures and Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of the Aluminum Matrix: A Molecular Dynamics Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Temperatures and Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of the Aluminum Matrix: A Molecular Dynamics Study |
title_short | Effect of Temperatures and Graphene on the Mechanical Properties of the Aluminum Matrix: A Molecular Dynamics Study |
title_sort | effect of temperatures and graphene on the mechanical properties of the aluminum matrix: a molecular dynamics study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37049015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16072722 |
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