2014-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2014 Volume 7: Energy Production, Environmental & Multiscale

Editors:Kongoli F
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2014
Pages:528 pages
ISBN:978-1-987820-09-6
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    Surface effect at nanoscale based on Gurtin's theory: a critical review of recent advances

    Jianlin Liu1;
    1DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS, CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM, Qingdao, China;
    Type of Paper: Invited
    Id Paper: 336
    Topic: 18

    Abstract:

    The fields of nanotechnology and nanoscience are full of chances and challenges. How to modify the classical continuum mechanics to face out the dramatically novel characteristics and phenomena on mechanical response of nano-materials/structures becomes an ambitious goal pursued by mechanics researchers. The theory of surface elasticity built by Gurtin and Murdoch has been developed to be an important number in theory family of nanomechanics. In this talk, we present an overview of recent advances in application of surface elasticity theory at nanoscale. In particular, we focus on the elastic and plastic deformation, vibration and buckling, fracture and contact behavior of nanoscale solids from one-dimension to three-dimension. We hope this review can provide valuable insight into nanomechanics analysis method with taking surface effect into account, and that the available results in review may lightly bridge the gap between the expression of conventional mechanics and findings of simulation and experiment, after which the practical utilization of nanotechnology in such areas as multifunctional materials and MEMS (Mirco-Electro-Mechanical-System) can be propelled.

    Keywords:

    Size effect; Surface effect; Surface elasticity; Residual surface stress; Nanomaterials; Nanostructures; Nanomechanics

    Cite this article as:

    Liu J. Surface effect at nanoscale based on Gurtin's theory: a critical review of recent advances. In: Kongoli F, editors. Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2014 Volume 7: Energy Production, Environmental & Multiscale. Volume 7. Montreal(Canada): FLOGEN Star Outreach. 2014. p. 441-442.