简介：Alinear4-nodequadrilateralquasi-conformingplaneelementwithinternalparametersisproposed.Theelementpreservesadvantagesofthequasi-conformingtechnique,includinganexplicitstiffnessmatrix,whichcanbeappliedtononlinearproblems.Theweakpatchtestguaranteestheconvergenceoftheelement.ThenthelinearelementisextendedtothegeometricallynonlinearanalysisintheframeworkofTotalLagrangian(TL)formulation.Thenumericaltestsindicatethatthepresentelementisaccurateandinsensitivetomeshdistortion.

简介：Moleculardynamics(MD)simulationswereperformedtostretchtherectangulargraphenesheetsdopedwithsilicon,nitrogenorboronatoms.Young’smodulus,ultimatestress(strain)andenergyabsorptionweremeasuredforthegraphenesheetswiththedopingconcentration(DC)rangingfrom0to5%.Theemphasiswasplacedonthedistincteffectsofeachindividualdopantonthefundamentalmechanicalpropertiesofgraphene.TheresultsindicatedthatincorporatingthedopantsintographeneledtoanalmostlineardecreaseinYoung’smodulus.Monotonicreductionsinultimatestrength,ultimatestrainandenergyabsorptionwerealsoobserved.Suchdopingeffectswerefoundtobemostsignificantforsilicon,lesspronouncedforboron,andsmallornegligiblefornitrogen.Theoutputsprovideanimportantguidanceforthedevelopmentandoptimizationofnovelnanoscaledevices,andfacilitatethedevelopmentofgraphene-basedM/NEMS.