Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volume 54, Number 4, 2015, pages 755-769

DOI: 10.12989/sem.2015.54.4.755

Nonlocal integral elasticity analysis of beam bending by using finite element method

M. Taghizadeh , H.R. Ovesy , S.A.M. Ghannadpour

Abstract

In this study, a 2-D finite element formulation in the frame of nonlocal integral elasticity is presented. Subsequently, the bending problem of a nanobeam under different types of loadings and boundary conditions is solved based on classical beam theory and also 3-D elasticity theory using nonlocal finite elements (NL-FEM). The obtained results are compared with the analytical and numerical results of nonlocal differential elasticity. It is concluded that the classical beam theory and the nonlocal differential elasticity can separately lead to significant errors for the problem under consideration as distinct from 3-D elasticity and nonlocal integral elasticity respectively.

Key Words

nonlocal integral elasticity; nonlocal differential elasticity; finite element; beam; bending

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