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The purpose of this study is to analyze the mechanical behaviors of silicon\/carbon nanotube nanocomposites via molecular dynamics computations. Fracture behaviors of the silicon\/carbon nanotube nanocomposites subjected to tension were compared with those of pure silicon nanowires. Effective Young\u2019s modulus values of the silicon\/carbon nanotube nanocomposites were obtained from the stress and strain responses and compared with the asymptotic solution of continuum mechanics. The size effect on the failure behaviors of the silicon\/carbon nanotube nanocomposites with a fixed longitudinal aspect ratio was further explored, where the carbon nanotube shell was found to influence the brittle-to-ductile transition behavior of silicon nanowires. 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