A molecular dynamics study of the buckling behaviour of graphene-reinforced aluminum nanocomposite plate

In this study, effects of aspect ratio and perforation on the buckling response of graphene nanosheet (GNS)-embedded aluminum (Al) nanocomposite plate are studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The periodic system of GS-Al nanocomposite plate is built and simulated using molecular dynamics (MD) based software LAMMPS (Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator). Embedded atom method (EAM) and Adaptive Intermolecular Reactive Empirical Bond Order (AIREBO) potentials are employed to model the interactions between the atoms of Al and carbon atoms, respectively. It is observed that the buckling strength of square GNS-Al nanocomposite plate deteriorates drastically due to perforation and the same is also true for plates of higher aspect ratio.