A molecular dynamics simulation for mechanical properties of boron nitride nanosheet embedded copper nanocomposites
摘要
In this study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are employed to look into the effect of perforation, layering and temperature on the elastic and tensile strength of h-BN sheet embedded nanocomposite. Copper (Cu) is considered a metal matrix material. The MD approach is employed to execute the nano-scale modelling of the h-BN -embedded Cu nanocomposite. Distinct nanoscale representative Unit Cells (RUCs) have been studied to estimate the elastic and strength properties of h-BN - embedded Cu nanocomposite subjected to tensile loading conditions. A comparison is also made between the stress–strain behaviour of graphene sheet (GS)-Cu and h-BN-Cu nanocomposites. h-BN-embedded Cu nanocomposites are found to be more ductile and less stiff than the GS-Cu nanocomposite. The effect of h-BN sheet stacking on the stress-strain behaviour of the Cu nanocomposite is apparent; nevertheless, unlike the case of graphene sheet (GS) stacking, the elastic modulus and strength of the h-BN-embedded Cu nanocomposite stay predominantly insensitive to the number of h-BN layers. The chirality of h-BN reasonably affects the strengthening response of the Cu nanocomposite under tensile loading conditions. The strength of the nanocomposite is found to be enhanced by 85.79% & 73.86%, in armchair and zigzag directions.