Research Article

Estimating Young’s Modulus of Single-Walled Zirconia Nanotubes Using Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling

Table 2

Geometrical parameters for modeled ZNTs.

Chirality ()Diameter (Å)Length (Å)Atoms/nodesBonds/elementsBond length (Å)
MinimumMaximumMean

5 × 510.461100.8482012201.952.2632.118
9 × 010.872102.8476812931.9322.3642.093
8 × 816.738100.84131219522.0122.2952.136
14 × 016.911102.84134419881.9722.1652.032
10 × 1020.923100.84164024401.9782.1431.997
17 × 020.535102.84172824311.9492.1031.996
14 × 1429.292100.84229634161.9612.1571.972
24 × 028.991102.84230434321.8812.1141.964
16 × 1633.476100.84262439041.952.1571.962
28 × 033.823102.84278441471.8732.111.958

Mean1.8732.2632.0229