Proceedings of the Twelfth U.S.-Japan Conference PDF

During the past few years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of technical publications dealing with various aspects of the vibratory behavior of carbon nanotubes and their composites. This paper is an attempt to present a brief overview of selected publications which document key advances in these areas. The major topics covered in this review are analytical modeling of vibrating nanotubes, studies of nanomechanical resonators and oscillators, the use of vibration measurements to characterize nanotube mechanical properties, nanotube augmentation of dynamic structural properties of composites, vibrations of nanotube-based sensors and actuators, sonication of nanotube-reinforced polymer resins, Raman scattering from nanotubes, and high frequency wave-nanotube interactions. Summaries of both theoretical and experimental studies are included, along with key conclusions and recommendations from these studies.