Acoustic wave transmission of double-walled functionally graded cylindrical microshells under linear and nonlinear temperature distributions using modified strain gradient theory

This investigation aims to explore the non-conservative instability of a functionally graded material micro-beam subjected to a subtangential force. The functionally graded material micro-beam is integrated with piezoelectric layers on the lower and upper surfaces. To take size effect into account, the mathematical derivations are expanded in terms of three length scale parameters using the modified strain gradient theory in conjunction with the Euler–Bernoulli beam model. However, the modified strain gradient theory includes modified couple stress theory and classical theory as special cases. Applying extended Hamilton’s principle and Galerkin method, the governing equation and corresponding boundary conditions are obtained and then solved numerically by the eigenvalue analysis, respectively. The results illustrated effects of non-conservative parameter, length scale parameter, different material gradient index, and various values of piezoelectric voltage on the natural frequencies, flutter and divergence instabilities of a cantilever functionally graded material micro-beam. It is found that both the material gradient index and applied piezoelectric voltage have significant influence on the vibrational behaviors, divergence and flutter instability regions. Furthermore, a comparison between the various micro-beam theories on the basis of modified couple stress theory, modified strain gradient theory, and classical theory are presented.

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Study of Small Scale Effects on the Nonlinear Vibration Response of Functionally Graded Timoshenko Microbeams Based on the Strain Gradient Theory

Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics ◽

10.1115/1.4006040 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

R. Ansari ◽

R. Gholami ◽

S. Sahmani

Keyword(s):

Strain Gradient ◽

Beam Theory ◽

Functionally Graded ◽

Strain Gradient Theory ◽

Gradient Theory ◽

Length Scale ◽

Scale Parameters ◽

Linear And Nonlinear ◽

Material Length Scale ◽

Material Length

In the current study, the nonlinear free vibration behavior of microbeams made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) is investigated based on the strain gradient elasticity theory and von Karman geometric nonlinearity. The nonclassical beam model is developed in the context of the Timoshenko beam theory which contains material length scale parameters to take the size effect into account. The model can reduce to the beam models based on the modified couple stress theory (MCST) and the classical beam theory (CBT) if two or all material length scale parameters are taken to be zero, respectively. The power low function is considered to describe the volume fraction of the ceramic and metal phases of the FGM microbeams. On the basis of Hamilton’s principle, the higher-order governing differential equations are obtained which are discretized along with different boundary conditions using the generalized differential quadrature method. The dimensionless linear and nonlinear frequencies of microbeams with various values of material property gradient index are calculated and compared with those obtained based on the MCST and an excellent agreement is found. Moreover, comparisons between the various beam models on the basis of linear and nonlinear types of strain gradient theory (SGT) and MCST are presented and it is observed that the difference between the frequencies obtained by the SGT and MCST is more significant for lower values of dimensionless length scale parameter.

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