Steel and Composite Structures

Volume 20, Number 5, 2016, pages 963-981

DOI: 10.12989/scs.2016.20.5.963

Size-dependent mechanical behavior of functionally graded trigonometric shear deformable nanobeams including neutral surface position concept

Mama Ahouel , Mohammed Sid Ahmed Houari , E.A. Adda Bedia , Abdelouahed Tounsi

Abstract

A nonlocal trigonometric shear deformation beam theory based on neutral surface position is developed for bending, buckling, and vibration of functionally graded (FG) nanobeams using the nonlocal differential constitutive relations of Eringen. The present model is capable of capturing both small scale effect and transverse shear deformation effects of FG nanobeams, and does not require shear correction factors. The material properties of the FG nanobeam are assumed to vary in the thickness direction. The equations of motion are derived by employing Hamilton\'s principle, and the physical neutral surface concept. Analytical solutions are presented for a simply supported FG nanobeam, and the obtained results compare well with those predicted by the nonlocal Timoshenko beam theory.

Key Words

nanobeam; nonlocal elasticity theory; bending; buckling; vibration; functionally graded materials; neutral surface position

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