Nonlinear vibration of the piezoelectric nanobeams based on the nonlocal theory

This paper investigates the nonlinear vibration of the piezoelectric nanobeams based on the nonlocal theory and Timoshenko beam theory. The piezoelectric nanobeam is subjected to an applied voltage and a uniform temperature change. The nonlinear governing equations and boundary conditions are derived by using the Hamilton principle and discretized by using the differential quadrature (DQ) method. A direct iterative method is employed to determine the nonlinear frequencies and mode shapes of the piezoelectric nanobeams. A detailed parametric study is conducted to study the influences of the nonlocal parameter, temperature change and external electric voltage on the size-dependent nonlinear vibration characteristics of the piezoelectric nanobeams.     

Primary and secondary resonance analysis of FG/lipid nanoplate with considering porosity distribution based on a nonlinear elastic medium

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In this study, the nonlinear vibration analysis of the new generation nanostructures is investigated. The composite nanoplate is fabricated from the functional-graded (FG) core and two lipid layers on top and bottom of the FG core as face sheets. The nonlinear vibration analysis is studied in the presence of the external harmonic excitation force. The porosity effect on the free and force vibration analysis of the composite nanoplate is investigated. The nonlocal elasticity theory is utilized to obtain the nonlinear differential governing equation. The Kelvin–Voigt model is used to model the viscoelastic effect of the lipid layers. The Hamilton's principle is utilized to obtain the differential governing equation. The Galerkin's method is used to discrete the nonlinear partial differential governing equation to a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. The multiple scale method is used to solve the ordinary differential equation. The numerical results are compared with the reported results in the literature. A comparison between the presented numerical results and the Runge–Kutta results is done and good agreement is obtained. In the presence and absence of the porosity, the system vibration behavior is studied in the primary and secondary resonance cases. The results show that the porosity distribution types play an important role in the mechanical behavior of the composite nanoplate. Also, the numerical results show that the nonlinear frequency of the system decreases by passing time. This study can be useful to product the sensors and devices at the nanoscale with high biocompatibility.     

Axisymmetric free and forced vibrations of initially stressed circular nanoplates embedded in an elastic medium

As a first endeavor, the axisymmetric free and forced vibrations of circular single- and double-layered nanoplates under initial in-plane radial stresses and embedded in an elastic medium are investigated. The governing equations are derived by decoupling the nonlocal constitutive equations of the Eringen theory in polar coordinates in conjunction with the classical plate theory. The elastic medium is modeled as a two-parameter elastic foundation (Pasternak type). Galerkin’s method is employed to solve the resulting equation for vibration frequencies and dynamic response. The effects of small scale together with the other parameters such as initial in-plane load, Winkler and shear elastic foundation coefficients and the radius of the nanoplate are investigated. It is shown that the corresponding natural frequencies obtained by nonlocal elasticity theory are very different from those predicted by classical elasticity theory when the radius of the nanoplate is less than an approximate limit value.     

Vibration analysis of parabolic shear-deformable piezoelectrically actuated nanoscale beams incorporating thermal effects

Thermoelectric-mechanical vibration behavior of functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) nanobeams is first investigated in this article, based on the nonlocal theory and third-order parabolic beam theory by presenting a Navier-type solution. Electro-thermo-mechanical properties of a nanobeam are supposed to change continuously throughout the thickness based on the power-law model. To capture the small-size effects, Eringen's nonlocal elasticity theory is adopted. Using Hamilton's principle, the nonlocal governing equations for the third-order, shear deformable, piezoelectric, FG nanobeams are obtained and they are solved applying an analytical solution. By presenting some numerical results, it is demonstrated that the suggested model presents accurate frequency results of FGP nanobeams. The influences of several parameters, including external electric voltage, power-law exponent, nonlocal parameter, and mode number on the natural frequencies of the size-dependent FGP nanobeams are discussed in detail. The results should be relevant to the design and application of the piezoelectric nanodevices.     

Nonlocal,strain gradient and surface effects on vibration and instability of nanotubes conveying nanoflow

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In this paper, the size-dependent vibration and instability of nanoflow-conveying nanotubes with surface effects using nonlocal strain gradient theory (NSGT) are examined. Hence, based on Gurtin-Murdoch theory, the nonclassical governing equations are derived by extended Hamilton's principle. To study the small-size effects on the flow field, the Knudsen number is applied. Applying Galerkin's approach, the partial differential equations converted to ordinary differential equations. The effects of the main parameters like nonlocal and strain gradient parameters, length to diameter ratio, thickness, surface effects, Knudsen number and different boundary conditions on the eigenvalue and critical fluid velocity of the nanotube are explained.     

Buckling analysis of micro-/nano-scale plates based on two-variable refined plate theory incorporating nonlocal scale effects

This article presents the buckling analysis of isotropic nanoplates using the two variable refined plate theory and nonlocal small scale effects. The two variable refined plate theory takes account of transverse shear effects and parabolic distribution of the transverse shear strains through the thickness of the plate, hence it is unnecessary to use shear correction factors. Nonlocal governing equations of motion for the nanoplate are derived from the principle of virtual displacements. The closed-form solution for buckling load of a simply supported rectangular nanoplate subjected to in-plane loading has been obtained by using the Navier’s method. Numerical results obtained by the present theory are compared with available exact solutions in the literature. The effect of nonlocal scaling parameter, mode numbers and aspect ratios of the nanoplates on buckling load are investigated and discussed in detail in the present work. It can be concluded that the present theory, which does not require shear correction factor, is not only simple but also comparable to the first-order and higher order shear deformable theory.     

Does vibration amplitude influence the evaluation of nonlocal small scale parameter of single layered graphene sheets?

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This study aims to evaluate the nonlocal small scale parameter for large amplitude vibration of single layered graphene sheets (SLGSs) comparing nonlinear resonant frequencies obtained via nonlocal continuum and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Nonlinear governing equations of motion are numerically solved employing the pseudo-spectral method to obtain the frequency response. Results reveal that the calibrated small scale parameter decreases when the vibration amplitude increases. Also, from MD simulations it is seen that for all length sizes after an ultimate vibration amplitude around 31% length size, the graphene sheets start to fracture.     

Surface effects on nonlinear vibration of embedded functionally graded nanoplates via higher order shear deformation plate theory

In this paper, free vibration behavior of functionally nanoplate resting on a Pasternak linear elastic foundation is investigated. The study is based on third-order shear deformation plate theory with small scale effects and von Karman nonlinearity, in conjunction with Gurtin–Murdoch surface continuum theory. It is assumed that functionally graded (FG) material distribution varies continuously in the thickness direction as a power law function and the effective material properties are calculated by the use of Mori–Tanaka homogenization scheme. The governing and boundary equations, derived using Hamilton's principle are solved through extending the generalized differential quadrature method. Finally, the effects of power-law distribution, nonlocal parameter, nondimensional thickness, aspect of the plate, and surface parameters on the natural frequencies of FG rectangular nanoplates for different boundary conditions are investigated.     

Nonlocal free vibration of orthotropic non-prismatic skew nanoplates

The free vibration of orthotropic non-prismatic skew nanoplate based on the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) in conjunction with Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory is presented. As a simple, accurate and low computational effort numerical method, the differential quadrature method (DQM) is employed to solve the related differential equations. For this purpose, after deriving the equations of motion and the related boundary conditions, they are transformed from skewed physical domain to rectangular computational domain of DQM and accordingly discretized. After validating the formulation and method of solution, the effects of nonlocal parameter in combination with geometrical parameters and boundary conditions on the natural frequencies of the orthotropic skew nanoplates are investigated.     

Nonlocal buckling and vibration analysis of thick rectangular nanoplates using finite strip method based on refined plate theory

The buckling and vibration of thick rectangular nanoplates is analyzed in this article. A graphene sheet is theoretically assumed and modeled as a nanoplate in this study. The two-variable refined plate theory (RPT) is applied to obtain the differential equations of the nanoplate. The theory accounts for parabolic variation of transverse shear stress through the thickness of the plate without using a shear correction factor. Besides, the analysis is based on the nonlocal theory of elasticity to take the small-scale effects into account. For the first time, the finite strip method (FSM) based on RPT is employed to study the vibration and buckling behavior of nanoplates and graphene sheets. Hamilton’s principle is employed to obtain the differential equations of the nanoplate. The stiffness, stability and mass matrices of the nanoplate are formed using the FSM. The displacement functions of the strips are evaluated using continuous harmonic function series which satisfy the boundary conditions in one direction and a piecewise interpolation polynomial in the other direction. A matrix eigenvalue problem is solved to find the free vibration frequency and buckling load of the nanoplates subjected to different types of in-plane loadings including the uniform and nonuniform uni-axial and biaxial compression. Comparison studies are presented to verify the validity and accuracy of the proposed nonlocal refined finite strip method. Furthermore, a number of examples are presented to investigate the effects of various parameters (e.g., boundary conditions, nonlocal parameter, aspect ratio, type of loading) on the results.     

Thermo-mechanical vibration of orthotropic cantilever and propped cantilever nanoplate using generalized differential quadrature method

In this article, the vibration frequency of an orthotropic nanoplate under the effect of temperature change is investigated. Using nonlocal elasticity theory, governing equations are derived. Based on the generalized differential quadrature method for cantilever and propped cantilever boundary conditions, the frequencies of orthotropic nanoplates are considered and the obtained results are compared with valid reported results in the literature. The effects of temperature variation, small scale, different boundary conditions, aspect ratio, and length on natural nondimensional frequencies are studied. The present analysis is applicable for the design of rotating and nonrotating nano-devices that make use of thermo-mechanical vibration characteristics of nanoplates.     

A new nonlocal elasticity theory with graded nonlocality for thermo-mechanical vibration of FG nanobeams via a nonlocal third-order shear deformation theory

In the present research, free vibration study of functionally graded (FG) nanobeams with graded nonlocality in thermal environments is performed according to the third-order shear deformation beam theory. The present nanobeam is subjected to uniform and nonlinear temperature distributions. Thermo-elastic coefficients and nonlocal parameter of the FG nanobeam are graded in the thickness direction according to power-law form. The scale coefficient is taken into consideration implementing nonlocal elasticity of Eringen. The governing equations are derived through Hamilton's principle and are solved analytically. The frequency response is compared with those of nonlocal Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam models, and it is revealed that the proposed modeling can accurately predict the vibration frequencies of the FG nanobeams. The obtained results are presented for the thermo-mechanical vibrations of the FG nanobeams to investigate the effects of material graduation, nonlocal parameter, mode number, slenderness ratio, and thermal loading in detail. The present study is associated to aerospace, mechanical, and nuclear engineering structures that are under thermal loads.     

A unified nonlocal formulation for bending,buckling and free vibration analysis of nanobeams

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A unified nonlocal formulation is developed for the bending, buckling, and vibration analysis of nanobeams. Theoretical formulations of eighteen nonlocal beam theories are presented by using unified formulation. Small scale effect is considered based on the nonlocal differential constitutive relations of Eringen. The governing equations of motion and associated boundary conditions of the nanobeam are derived using Hamilton's principle. Closed form solutions are presented for a simply supported boundary condition using Navier's solution technique. Numerical results for axial and transverse shear stress are first time presented in this study which will serve as a benchmark for the future research.     

Nonlinear analysis of forced vibration of nonlocal third-order shear deformable beam model of magneto–electro–thermo elastic nanobeams

This paper deals with the forced vibration behavior of nonlocal third-order shear deformable beam model of magneto–electro–thermo elastic (METE) nanobeams based on the nonlocal elasticity theory in conjunction with the von Kármán geometric nonlinearity. The METE nanobeam is assumed to be subjected to the external electric potential, magnetic potential and constant temperature rise. Based on the Hamilton principle, the nonlinear governing equations and corresponding boundary conditions are established and discretized using the generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method. Thereafter, using a Galerkin-based numerical technique, the set of nonlinear governing equations is reduced into a time-varying set of ordinary differential equations of Duffing type. The pseudo-arc length continuum scheme is then adopted to solve the vectorized form of nonlinear parameterized equations. Finally, a comprehensive study is conducted to get an insight into the effects of different parameters such as nonlocal parameter, slenderness ratio, initial electric potential, initial external magnetic potential, temperature rise and type of boundary conditions on the natural frequency and forced vibration characteristics of METE nanobeams.     

Vibration of rotating functionally graded Timoshenko nano-beams with nonlinear thermal distribution

The vibration analysis of rotating, functionally graded Timoshenko nano-beams under an in-plane nonlinear thermal loading is studied for the first time. The formulation is based on Eringen's nonlocal elasticity theory. Hamilton's principle is used for the derivation of the equations. The governing equations are solved by the differential quadrature method. The nano-beam is under axial load due to the rotation and thermal effects, and the boundary conditions are considered as cantilever and propped cantilever. The thermal distribution is considered to be nonlinear and material properties are temperature-dependent and are changing continuously through the thickness according to the power-law form.     

Scale effects on buckling analysis of orthotropic nanoplates based on nonlocal two-variable refined plate theory

This article presents the buckling analysis of orthotropic nanoplates such as graphene using the two-variable refined plate theory and nonlocal small-scale effects. The two-variable refined plate theory takes account of transverse shear effects and parabolic distribution of the transverse shear strains through the thickness of the plate, hence it is unnecessary to use shear correction factors. Nonlocal governing equations of motion for the monolayer graphene are derived from the principle of virtual displacements. The closed-form solution for buckling load of a simply supported rectangular orthotropic nanoplate subjected to in-plane loading has been obtained by using the Navier’s method. Numerical results obtained by the present theory are compared with first-order shear deformation theory for various shear correction factors. It has been proven that the nondimensional buckling load of the orthotropic nanoplate is always smaller than that of the isotropic nanoplate. It is also shown that small-scale effects contribute significantly to the mechanical behavior of orthotropic graphene sheets and cannot be neglected. Further, buckling load decreases with the increase of the nonlocal scale parameter value. The effects of the mode number, compression ratio and aspect ratio on the buckling load of the orthotropic nanoplate are also captured and discussed in detail. The results presented in this work may provide useful guidance for design and development of orthotropic graphene based nanodevices that make use of the buckling properties of orthotropic nanoplates.     

Nonlinear free vibration of embedded double-walled carbon nanotubes with layerwise boundary conditions

This paper investigates the large-amplitude free vibration of a double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) surrounded by an elastic medium in the presence of temperature change. Based on continuum mechanics, a nonlocal elastic beam model is employed in which nanotubes are coupled together via the van der Waals (vdW) interlayer interactions. The Pasternak foundation model and a nonlinear vdW model are utilized to describe the surrounding elastic medium effect and the vdW interlayer interactions, respectively. DWCNTs with different boundary conditions are analyzed utilizing the Timoshenko beam theory that considers the shear deformation and rotary inertia effects. The governing equations are derived from Hamilton’s principle; the Galerkin method is utilized to discretize the governing equations. The influences of the nonlocal parameter, spring constant, carbon nanotube aspect ratio, and temperature change on the nonlinear free vibration characteristics of a double-walled carbon nanotube with different boundary conditions are thoroughly investigated. It is deduced that the nonlocal parameter, spring constant, and the aspect ratio play significant roles for the value of the nonlinear frequency. Also, the temperature change and the type of boundary conditions have an effect on the nonlinear frequency.     

Temperature effects on wave propagation in nanoplates

In this paper, the thermal effects on the ultrasonic wave propagation characteristics of a nanoplate are studied based on the nonlocal continuum theory. The nonlocal governing equations are derived for the nanoplate under thermal environment. The axial stress caused by the thermal effects is considered. The wave propagation analysis is carried out using spectral analysis. The influences of the nonlocal small scale coefficient, the room or low temperature, the high temperature and the axial half wave numbers on the wave dispersion properties of nanoplate are also discussed. Numerical results show that the small scale effects and the thermal effects are significant for larger half wavenumbers. The results are qualitatively different from those obtained based on the local plate theory and thus, are important for the development of graphene-based nanodevices such as strain sensor, mass and pressure sensors, atomic dust detectors, and enhancer of surface image resolution.     

Size-dependent vibration analysis of a three-layered porous rectangular nano plate with piezo-electromagnetic face sheets subjected to pre loads based on SSDT

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In the present research vibration of a porous rectangular plate which is located between two piezo-electromagnetic layers based on two variables sinusoidal shear deformation plate theory and according to nonlocal theory is investigated. The plate is resting on Winkler–Pasternak foundation and was subjected to pre loads. The motion equations have been obtained using Hamilton principle and are solved using analytical Navier's solution method. The effects of porosity coefficient, pores distribution, nonlocal parameter, pre load values, foundation constants and geometric size of the plate have been discussed in details. The results can be used to design more efficient sensors and actuators.     

Surface effects on free vibration of piezoelectric functionally graded nanobeams using nonlocal elasticity

Free vibration of functionally graded material (FGM) nanobeams is investigated by considering surface effects including surface elasticity, surface stress, and surface density as well as the piezoelectric field using nonlocal elasticity theory. The balance conditions between the nanobeam bulk and its surfaces are satisfied assuming a cubic variation for the normal stress, ${\sigma_{zz}}$ , through the piezoelectric FG nanobeam thickness. Accordingly, the surface density is introduced into the governing equation of the free vibration of nanobeams. The results are obtained for various gradient indices, voltage values of the piezoelectric field, nanobeam lengths, and mode numbers. It is shown that making changes to voltage values and modifying mechanical properties of piezoelectric FGM nanobeams are two main approaches to achieve desired natural frequencies.