Carbon Nanotube Gear Simulations


These are datasets associated with the simulation runs from the study "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Carbon Nanotube Based Gears".

These datasets may be duplicated and redistributed as long as the proper reference is given to the authors:

Jie Han, NASA Ames Research Center
Al Globus, MRJ, Inc. at NASA Ames Research Center
Richard Jaffe, NASA Ames Research Center
Glenn Deardorff, Sterling Software, at NASA Ames Research Center

Animating XYZ Files*

Simulation Datasets

Name Description Input Output XYZ (Mb) * Initial Step * MPEG (Mb)
Gear Synthesis Collisions of Benzyne with Nanotubes and Buckyballs
Ballv02 slow non-reactive C60-benzyne collision 0.5 Step 1 0.4
Ballv05 faster reactive C60-benzyne collision 0.4 Step 1 0.3
Ballv15 fast dissociative C60-benzyne collision 0.7 Step 1 0.7
Tubev03 slow non-reactive nanotube-benzyne collision 0.6 Step 1 0.2
Tubev06 faster reactive nanotube-benzyne collision 0.8 Step 1 0.3
Tubev065 parallel reactive nanotube-benzyne collision 0.7 Step 1 0.2
Nominal Gear Model Rotation of Gears in Vacuum
NEV 1 0 - 50 picosec; .2 rpps 4.7 Step 1 1.1
NEV 2 50 - 100 picosec; .4 rpps 4.7 Step 1 1.1
NEV 3 100 - 138.5 picosec; .6 rpps 3.7 Step 1 0.8
NEV 1 to 3 whole simulation 3.0
Nominal Gear Model Gear Rotation at Room Temperature
NVT 1 0 - 40 picosec; .05 rpps 3.8 Step 1 0.9
NVT 2 40 - 80 picosec; .07 rpps 3.8 Step 1 0.9
NVT 3 80 - 120 picosec; 0.1 rpps 3.8 Step 1 0.9
NVT 1 to 3 whole simulation 2.7
Nominal Gear Model Teeth Slip
NVT 4 Slip 1 rotation rate > 0.1 rpps 9.4 Step 1 2.2
NVT 4 Slip 2 Brenner's reactive potential used 4.7 Step 1 1.3
NVT 4 Slip 3 electrostatic interaction simulated 4.7 Step 1 1.3
NVT 3h Slip 1, with 2x frame rate 9.4 Step 1 2.2
Nominal Gear Model Long shafts
NVT 5h 0.05 rpps, 20 ps 9.2 Step 1 1.4
NVT Long, 1 >0.05 rpps, 100 ps, part 1 46.0 Step 1 3.3
NVT Long, 2 0.05 rpps, 100 ps, part 2 46.0 Step 1 3.4
Multiple Teeth Gears
21, part 1 on-line, part 1 5.8 Step 1 1.7
21, part 2 on-line, part 2 5.8 Step 1
see above
21 slip 1 on-line, slip 5.4 Step 1 1.1
22, part 1 off-line, part 1 5.8 Step 1 1.7
22, part 2 off-line, part 2 5.8 Step 1
see above
22 slip 2 off-line, slip 5.4 Step 1 1.1
Gear and Shaft
Shaft 1 powered gear drives shaft 7.6 Step 1 0.4
Shaft 2 powered shaft drives gear 6.3 Step 1 0.4
Small and Large Gears
Small-Large powered small gear 9.4 Step 1 1.9
Large-Small powered large gear 9.4 Step 1 2.3
Large-Small 1 powered large gear, medium rate 9.4 Step 1 2.7
Large-Small 2 powered large gear, high rate 9.4 Step 1 2.2



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