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The effect of CNT volume fraction on the magneto-thermo-electro-mechanical behavior of smart nanocomposite cylinder

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In this article, using analytical approach, the stress analysis of a long piezoelectric polymeric hollow cylinder reinforced with carbon nanotube (CNT) under combined magneto-thermo-electro-mechanical loading is investigated. Considering three combined loading conditions such as pressure-electric, pressure-electric magnetic and pressure-electric thermal, the governing equation of the problem is obtained. The rule of mixture and modified multiscale bridging model are used to predict effective properties of nanocomposite. The magneto-thermo-electro-mechanical stresses in hollow cylinder are discussed in detail. It can be concluded that increasing CNT volume fraction enhances strength of the nanocomposite cylinder. The results of this work could be useful in view of optimum design of the smart nanocomposite cylinder under magneto-thermo-electro-mechanical loadings and could also be as a reference for future related works.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

    A. Ghorbanpour Arani, M. Rahnama Mobarakeh & M. Mohammadimehr

  2. Institute of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

    A. Ghorbanpour Arani

  3. Department of mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mobarakeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh, Isfahan, Iran

    Sh. Shams

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Ali Ghorbanpour Arani received his B.Sc. degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1988. He then received his M.Sc. degree from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1991 and his Ph.D degree from the Esfahan University of Technology, Esfahan, Iran, in 2001. Dr. Ali Ghorbanpour Arani is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran. His current research interests are stress analyses, stability and vibration of nanotubes and functionally graded materials (FGMs).

Maedeh Rahnama Mobarakeh received her B.Sc. degree from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, in 2006. She then received her M.Sc. degree from University of Kashan in Kashan, Iran, in 2010. Her research interests are stress analysis, nanomechanics and composite materials.

Shahrooz Shams received his B.Sc. degree from Isfahan University of Technology in Isfahan, Iran, in 2007. He then received his M.Sc. degree from University of Kashan in Kashan, Iran, in 2010. He is currently a Ph.D student at University of Kashan in Kashan, Iran. His research interests are continuum mechanics, nanomechanics, composites and functionally graded materials (FGMs); finite element and mesh free methods.

Mehdi Mohammadimehr received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Kashan in Kashan, Iran, in 2002. He then received his M.Sc and Ph.D degrees from Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman in Kerman, Iran, in 2004 and 22 May 2010. Dr. Mehdi Mohammadimehr is currently an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department of University of Kashan in Kashan, Iran. His research interests include elasticity, plasticity, continuum mechanics, nanomechanics, composite materials, functionally graded materials (FGMs), beams, plates and shells theories, buckling, postbuckling and vibration analyses of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and finite element method (FEM).

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Arani, A.G., Mobarakeh, M.R., Shams, S. et al. The effect of CNT volume fraction on the magneto-thermo-electro-mechanical behavior of smart nanocomposite cylinder. J Mech Sci Technol 26, 2565–2572 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-012-0639-5

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