As an extension to strain-gradient models of size-dependent plastic behaviour, this work proposes a model for stress-gradient theory. The is distinguished from earlier works on the topic by its being embedded in thermodynamically consistent framework. development carried out context single-crystal plasticity, and draws conventional plasticity. explored numerically using example torsion thin wir...

the growth rate of carbon nanotubes in chemical vapor deposition is simulated by using a theoretical analysis of the phonon vibration of the system. simulations demonstrate that the growth rate of carbon nanotubes with larger diameters is smaller because of higher damping factors and carbon nanotube inertia. an optimum temperature for the growth rate is calculated for a carbon nanotube on fe ca...