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Modeling of nano-scale fracture mechanisms in a graphene sheet using the atomistic j-integral

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dc.contributorRoy, Samit
dc.contributorUnnikrishnan, Vinu U.
dc.contributorAllison, Paul Galon
dc.contributor.advisorRoy, Samit
dc.contributor.authorRoy, Anubhav
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-12T14:31:10Z
dc.date.available2019-02-12T14:31:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractResearchers have performed studies with the addition and dispersion of a few weight percent of nanoscale particles in polymer matrices to mitigate the brittleness and microcracking of polymer matrices without incurring weight penalty and improve their strain to failure and fracture toughness. This thesis aims at studying these length scale effects in nano-fillers, identifying the existence of a lower bound on flaw-size that marks the transition from brittle fracture to strength-based failure in nanocomposites, resulting in a deviation from linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) predictions. Crack-tip bond-order based prediction of critical value of stress intensity factor is also addressed in this work. The objective of this work also includes employment of an atomistic J-integral as a suitable metric for the evaluation of fracture behaviour in materials at nanoscale. Good agreement is observed between atomistic and LEFM predictions using far-field stress and J-integral computations. While the far-field stress based atomistic data enables global prediction of the system undergoing fracture, the J-integral around the crack tip sheds light on local near-crack-tip stress state. Both far-field and near tip predictions are seen to deviate from LEFM predictions below a certain length-scale. In addition, effects such as nonlocality in molecular dynamics (MD) computations and entropic effects at the atomistic scale add to the discrepancy with LEFM. The fracture study on crystalline (graphene) was performed to lay the foundation for atomistic predictions of fracture in amorphous (polymer) nanocomposite systems.en_US
dc.format.extent89 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0003159
dc.identifier.otherRoy_alatus_0004M_13728
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/5342
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectAerospace engineering
dc.titleModeling of nano-scale fracture mechanisms in a graphene sheet using the atomistic j-integralen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
etdms.degree.disciplineAerospace Engineering
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.S.

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