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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
Carbon
Nanotube (CNT) is a material consisting of carbon atoms arranged in a series of
condensed benzene rings that are coiled into a tubular structure. CNTs are used
in various fields, such as reinforcing materials, coatings and films,
biotechnology and biomedicine, and nano electromechanic systems (NEMS). The
application of CNT in the biotechnology and biomedical fields as a nanopipe for
carrying fluids is due to its high elastic modulus, good thermal and electrical
conductivity, and other superior mechanical properties. One of the phenomena
that can reduce CNT performance is flutter, so fluid-structure interaction is
one of the important considerations in the design and application of CNTs. This
study analyzes the effect of mass ratio on flutter instability due to flow in
the CNT cantilever using the finite element method. Meanwhile, the system's
responses are calculated using the Newmark method time scheme. The structural
characteristics of the CNT were modeled as the Euler-Bernoulli beam. In this
case, the fluid flowing in it is characterized in terms of two parameters,
namely the average flow velocity (U) and the fluid mass density (per unit
length). The results showed that the analysis of the response in the time
domain is very sensitive to changes in flow velocity, the critical speed will
decrease with an increase in the aspect ratio. and the mass ratio affects the
flutter stability limit, where the larger the mass ratio for a given fluid
density, the higher the flutter stability limit. The findings also revealed
that the higher the density of the fluid flowing through the CNT, the lower its
ultimate stability limit.
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IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2022 pp. 105-111