Large Deflections Mechanical Analysis of a Suspended Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube under Thermoelectrical Loading

Figure 3

Average axial strain versus temperature with respect to the temperature difference Δ𝑇−Δ𝑇_cr for a SWCNT with parameters listed in Tables 1 and 2. Constant actuation voltage of 50 V was applied to the SWCNT. Note that for negative Δ𝑇−Δ𝑇_cr the strain was calculated using (4) while for positive Δ𝑇−Δ𝑇_cr the strain was calculated using (6).