A modified couple stress theory for buckling analysis of higher order inhomogeneous microbeams with porosities

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (8) ◽  
pp. 2855-2866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzad Ebrahimi ◽  
Fateme Mahmoodi
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Couple Stress Theory ◽  
Modified Couple Stress Theory ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Stress Theory ◽  
Various Boundary Conditions ◽  
Modified Couple Stress

In this paper, buckling behavior of a higher order functionally graded microbeam with porosities is investigated based on the modified couple stress theory and the exact position of the neutral axis. Porosities are evenly and unevenly distributed inside the functionally graded microbeam. Material properties of the functionally graded microbeam are assumed to vary in the thickness direction through a modified form of power-law distribution in which the volume fraction of porosities is considered. The governing equations are derived by using Hamilton's principle and an analytical method is employed to solve these equations for various boundary conditions. The present formulation and numerical results demonstrate a good agreement with some available cases in the literature. Influences of several important parameters such as power-law exponent, porosity distributions, porosity volume fraction, slenderness ratio, and various boundary conditions on buckling loads of porous functionally graded microbeams are investigated and discussed in detail.

Vibration of size-dependent functionally graded sandwich microbeams with different boundary conditions based on the modified couple stress theory

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuttawit Wattanasakulpong ◽  
Arisara Chaikittiratana ◽  
Sacharuck Pornpeerakeat
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Couple Stress Theory ◽  
Slenderness Ratio ◽  
Modified Couple Stress Theory ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Stress Theory ◽  
Modified Couple Stress

This paper investigates flexural vibration of functionally graded sandwich microbeams supported by different axially immovable boundary conditions. The governing equations of free vibration problem are based on Timoshenko beam theory and the modified couple stress theory which are taking into account the important effects of shear deformation, rotary inertia and material length scale parameter. To solve the governing equations presented in the forms of coupled differential equations for vibration analysis of the beams with various boundary conditions, an effective tool, namely Chebyshev collocation method, is employed to find out accurate solutions with many important parametric studies. The effects of material volume fraction index, layer thickness ratio, slenderness ratio, boundary condition, temperature rise, etc. on natural frequencies of the beams are taken into account and discussed in details. The numerical results of the beams in ambient temperature and high thermal environment are presented in several tables and figures that can serve as benchmarks for further investigations in the field of FG sandwich microbeam analysis.

scholarly journals Vibration Characteristics of Piezoelectric Microbeams Based on the Modified Couple Stress Theory

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ansari ◽  
M. A. Ashrafi ◽  
S. Hosseinzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Couple Stress ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Couple Stress Theory ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Modified Couple Stress Theory ◽  
Beam Model ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Stress Theory ◽  
Modified Couple Stress

The vibration behavior of piezoelectric microbeams is studied on the basis of the modified couple stress theory. The governing equations of motion and boundary conditions for the Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam models are derived using Hamilton’s principle. By the exact solution of the governing equations, an expression for natural frequencies of microbeams with simply supported boundary conditions is obtained. Numerical results for both beam models are presented and the effects of piezoelectricity and length scale parameter are illustrated. It is found that the influences of piezoelectricity and size effects are more prominent when the length of microbeams decreases. A comparison between two beam models also reveals that the Euler-Bernoulli beam model tends to overestimate the natural frequencies of microbeams as compared to its Timoshenko counterpart.

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