DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MIXTURE UNIFIED GRADIENT ELASTIC NANOBEAMS

The mixture unified gradient theory of elasticity is invoked for the rigorous analysis of the dynamic characteristics of elastic nanobeams. A consistent variational framework is established and the boundary-value problem of dynamic equilibrium enriched with proper form of the extra non-standard boundary conditions is detected. As a well-established privilege of the stationary variational theorems, the constitutive laws of the resultant fields cast as differential relations. The wave dispersion response of elastic nano-sized beams is analytically addressed and the closed form solution of the phase velocity is determined. The free vibrations of the mixture unified gradient elastic beam is, furthermore, analytically studied. The dynamic characteristics of elastic nanobeams is numerically evaluated, graphically illustrated, and commented upon. The efficacy of the established augmented elasticity theory in realizing the softening and stiffening responses of nano-sized beams is evinced. New numerical benchmark is detected for dynamic analysis of elastic nanobeams. The established mixture unified gradient elasticity model provides a practical approach to tackle dynamics of nano-structures in pioneering MEMS/NEMS

TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROTATING NONLOCAL NANOBEAMS SUBJECT TO A VARYING HEAT SOURCE AND A DYNAMIC LOAD

In this article, the influence of thermal conductivity on the dynamics of a rotating nanobeam is established in the context of nonlocal thermoelasticity theory. To this end, the governing equations are derived using generalized heat conduction including phase lags on the basis of the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The thermal conductivity of the proposed model linearly changes with temperature and the considered nanobeam is excited with a variable harmonic heat source and exposed to a time-dependent load with exponential decay. The analytic solutions for bending moment, deflection and temperature of rotating nonlocal nanobeams are achieved by means of the Laplace transform procedure. A qualitative study is conducted to justify the soundness of the present analysis while the impact of nonlocal parameter and varying heat source are discussed in detail. It also shows the way in which the variations of physical properties due to temperature changes affect the static and dynamic behavior of rotating nanobeams. It is found that the physical fields strongly depend on the nonlocal parameter, the change of the thermal conductivity, rotation speed and the mechanical loads and, therefore, it is not possible to neglect their effects on the manufacturing process of precise/intelligent machines and devices

On torsion of nonlocal Lam strain gradient FG elastic beams

Abstract The nonlocal strain gradient theory of elasticity is the focus of numerous studies in literature. Eringen's nonlocal integral convolution and Lam's strain gradient model are unified by a variational methodology which leads to well-posed structural problems of technical interest. The proposed nonlocal Lam strain gradient approach is presented for functionally graded (FG) beams under torsion. Static and dynamic responses are shown to be significantly affected by size effects that are assessed in terms of nonlocal and gradient length parameters. Analytical elastic rotations and natural frequencies are established by making recourse to a simple solution procedure which is based on equivalence between integral convolutions and differential equations supplemented with variationally consistent (but non-standard) nonlocal boundary conditions. Effects of Eringen's nonlocal parameter and stretch and rotation gradient parameters on the torsional behavior of FG nano-beams are examined and compared with outcomes in literature. The illustrated methodology is able to efficiently model both stiffening and softening torsional responses of modern composite nano-structures by suitably tuning the small-scale parameters

Axial and Torsional Free Vibrations of Elastic Nano-Beams by Stress-Driven Two-Phase Elasticity

Size-dependent longitudinal and torsional vibrations of nano-beams are examined by two-phase mixture integral elasticity. A new and efficient elastodynamic model is conceived by convexly combining the local phase with strain- and stress-driven purely nonlocal phases. The proposed stress-driven nonlocal integral mixture leads to well-posed structural problems for any value of the scale parameter. Effectiveness of stress-driven mixture is illustrated by analyzing axial and torsional free vibrations of cantilever and doubly clamped nano-beams. The local/nonlocal integral mixture is conveniently replaced with an equivalent differential law equipped with higher-order constitutive boundary conditions. Exact solutions of fundamental natural frequencies associated with strain- and stress-driven mixtures are evaluated and compared with counterpart results obtained by strain gradient elasticity theory. The provided new numerical benchmarks can be effectively employed for modelling and design of Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (NEMS)