A modified molecular structure mechanics method for analysis of graphene

Abstract

Based on molecular mechanics and the deformation characteristics of the atomic lattice structure of graphene, a modified molecular structure mechanics method was developed to improve the original one, that is, the semi-rigid connections were used to model the bond angle variations between the C-C bonds in graphene. The simulated results show that the equivalent space frame model with semi-rigid connections for graphene proposed in this article is a simple, efficient, and accurate model to evaluate the equivalent elastic properties of graphene. Though the present computational model of the semi-rigid connected space frame is only applied to characterize the mechanical behaviors of the space lattices of graphene, it has more potential applications in the static and dynamic analyses of graphene and other nanomaterials.

Keywords

graphene / molecular structure mechanics / semi-rigid connections / mechanical properties

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