scholarly journals Analysis of Sigmoid Functionally Graded Material (S-FGM) Nanoscale Plates Using the Nonlocal Elasticity Theory

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woo-Young Jung ◽  
Sung-Cheon Han

Based on a nonlocal elasticity theory, a model for sigmoid functionally graded material (S-FGM) nanoscale plate with first-order shear deformation is studied. The material properties of S-FGM nanoscale plate are assumed to vary according to sigmoid function (two power law distribution) of the volume fraction of the constituents. Elastic theory of the sigmoid FGM (S-FGM) nanoscale plate is reformulated using the nonlocal differential constitutive relations of Eringen and first-order shear deformation theory. The equations of motion of the nonlocal theories are derived using Hamilton’s principle. The nonlocal elasticity of Eringen has the ability to capture the small scale effect. The solutions of S-FGM nanoscale plate are presented to illustrate the effect of nonlocal theory on bending and vibration response of the S-FGM nanoscale plates. The effects of nonlocal parameters, power law index, aspect ratio, elastic modulus ratio, side-to-thickness ratio, and loading type on bending and vibration response are investigated. Results of the present theory show a good agreement with the reference solutions. These results can be used for evaluating the reliability of size-dependent S-FGM nanoscale plate models developed in the future.

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (17) ◽  
pp. 3809-3818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzad Ebrahimi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Barati ◽  
Parisa Haghi

The present research deals with the wave dispersion behavior of a rotating functionally graded material (FGMs) nanobeam applying nonlocal elasticity theory of Eringen. Material properties of rotating FG nanobeam are spatially graded according to a power-law model. The governing equations as functions of axial force due to centrifugal stiffening and displacements are obtained by employing Hamilton’s principle based on the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. By using an analytical model, the dispersion relations of the FG nanobeam are derived by solving an eigenvalue problem. Numerical results clearly show that various parameters, such as angular velocity, gradient index, wave number and nonlocal parameter, are significantly effective to characteristics of wave propagations of rotating FG nanobeams. The results can be useful for next generation study and design of nanomachines, such as nanoturbines, nanoscale molecular bearings and nanogears, etc.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 938-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dao Van Dung ◽  
Nguyen Thi Nga ◽  
Pham Minh Vuong

This paper investigates analytically nonlinear buckling and postbuckling of functionally graded sandwich circular thick cylindrical shells filled inside by Pasternak two-parameter elastic foundations under thermal loads and axial compression loads. Shells are reinforced by closely spaced functionally graded material (FGM) rings and stringers. The temperature field is taken into account. Two general Sigmoid law and general power law, with four models of stiffened FGM sandwich cylindrical shell, are proposed. Using the Reddy’s third-order shear deformation shell theory (TSDT), stress function, and Lekhnitsky’s smeared stiffeners technique, the governing equations are derived. The closed form to determine critical axial load and postbuckling load-deflection curves are obtained by the Galerkin method. The effects of the face sheet thickness to total thickness ratio, stiffener, foundation, material, and dimensional parameters on critical thermal loads, critical mechanical loads and postbuckling behavior of shells are analyzed. In addition, this paper shows that for thin shells we can use the classical shell theory to investigate stability behavior of shell, but for thicker shells the use of TSDT for analyzing nonlinear stability of shell is necessary and suitable.


Author(s):  
Ismail Bensaid ◽  
Ahmed Amine Daikh ◽  
Ahmed Drai

The investigation conducted in this paper aims to study free vibration and buckling behaviors of size-dependent functionally graded sandwich nanobeams. In order to take into account the small size effects, nonlocal elasticity theory of Eringen's is incorporated. Material properties of the functionally graded sandwich beams are supposed to change continuously through the thickness direction according to two forms of the volume fraction of constituents by power law functionally graded material and sigmoid law functionally graded material. These rules are modified to consider the effect of porosity, which covers four kinds of porosity distributions. Two types of sandwich nanobeams were provided: (a) homogeneous core and functionally graded skins and (b) functionally graded core and homogeneous skins. Third-order shear deformation theory without any shear correction factor in conjunction with Hamilton's principle is used to extract the governing equations of motions of porous functionally graded sandwich nanobeams and then solved analytically for two hinged ends. The effects of nonlocal parameter, length to thickness ratios, material graduation index, amount of porosity, porosity distribution shape, on the nondimensional frequency and critical buckling load of the functionally graded sandwich nanobeams made of porous materials are exhibited by a parametric study.


2016 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 1650053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Ansari ◽  
Raheb Gholami

This paper deals with the size-dependent geometrically nonlinear free vibration of magneto-electro-thermo elastic (METE) nanoplates using the nonlocal elasticity theory. The mathematical formulation is developed based on the first-order shear deformation plate theory, von Kármán-type of kinematic nonlinearity and nonlocal elasticity theory. The influences of geometric nonlinearity, rotary inertia, transverse shear deformation, magneto-electro-thermal loading and nonlocal parameter are considered. First, the generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method is utilized to reduce the nonlinear partial differential equations to a system of time-dependent nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Afterwards, the numerical Galerkin method, periodic time differential operators and pseudo-arc length continuation algorithm are employed to compute the nonlinear frequency versus the amplitude for the METE nanoplates. The presented methodology enables one to describe the large-amplitude vibration characteristics of METE nanoplates with various sets of boundary conditions. A detailed parametric study is carried out to analyze the important parameters such as the nondimensional nonlocal parameter, external electric potential, external magnetic potential, temperature change, length-to-thickness ratio, aspect ratio and various edge conditions on the nonlinear free vibration characteristics of METE nanoplates. The results demonstrate that considering the size effect on the vibration response of METE nanoplate results in decreasing the natural frequency, a remarkable increasing effect on the hardening behavior and subsequently increasing the nonlinear-to-linear frequency ratio.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 1750014 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ansari ◽  
R. Gholami

This paper presents a nonlocal nonlinear first-order shear deformable plate model for investigating the buckling and postbuckling of magneto-electro-thermo elastic (METE) nanoplates under magneto-electro-thermo-mechanical loadings. The nonlocal elasticity theory within the framework of the first-order shear deformation plate theory along with the von Kármán-type geometrical nonlinearity is used to derive the size-dependent nonlinear governing partial differential equations and associated boundary conditions, in which the effects of shear deformation, small scale parameter and thermo-electro-magneto-mechanical loadings are incorporated. The generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method and pseudo arc-length continuation algorithm are used to determine the critical buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths of the METE nanoplates with various boundary conditions. Finally, the influences of the nonlocal parameter, boundary conditions, temperature rise, external electric voltage and external magnetic potential on the critical buckling load and postbuckling response are studied.


Author(s):  
Md. Imran Ali ◽  
Mohammad Sikandar Azam

This paper presents the formulation of dynamic stiffness matrix for the natural vibration analysis of porous power-law functionally graded Levy-type plate. In the process of formulating the dynamic stiffness matrix, Kirchhoff-Love plate theory in tandem with the notion of neutral surface has been taken on board. The developed dynamic stiffness matrix, a transcendental function of frequency, has been solved through the Wittrick–Williams algorithm. Hamilton’s principle is used to obtain the equation of motion and associated natural boundary conditions of porous power-law functionally graded plate. The variation across the thickness of the functionally graded plate’s material properties follows the power-law function. During the fabrication process, the microvoids and pores develop in functionally graded material plates. Three types of porosity distributions are considered in this article: even, uneven, and logarithmic. The eigenvalues computed by the dynamic stiffness matrix using Wittrick–Williams algorithm for isotropic, power-law functionally graded, and porous power-law functionally graded plate are juxtaposed with previously referred results, and good agreement is found. The significance of various parameters of plate vis-à-vis aspect ratio ( L/b), boundary conditions, volume fraction index ( p), porosity parameter ( e), and porosity distribution on the eigenvalues of the porous power-law functionally graded plate is examined. The effect of material density ratio and Young’s modulus ratio on the natural vibration of porous power-law functionally graded plate is also explained in this article. The results also prove that the method provided in the present work is highly accurate and computationally efficient and could be confidently used as a reference for further study of porous functionally graded material plate.


Author(s):  
Piyush Pratap Singh ◽  
Mohammad Sikandar Azam ◽  
Vinayak Ranjan

In the present research article, classical plate theory has been adopted to analyze functionally graded material plate, having out of plane material inhomogeneity, resting on Winkler–Pasternak foundation under different combinations of boundary conditions. The material properties of the functionally graded material plate vary according to power law in the thickness direction. Rayleigh–Ritz method in conjugation with polynomial displacement functions has been used to develop a computationally efficient mathematical model to study free vibration characteristics of the plate. Convergence of frequency parameters (nondimensional natural frequencies) has been attained by increasing the number of polynomials of displacement function. The frequency parameters of the functionally graded material plate obtained by proposed method are compared with the open literature to validate the present model. Firstly, the present model is used to calculate first six natural frequencies of the functionally graded plate under all possible combinations of boundary conditions for the constant value of stiffness of Winkler and Pasternak foundation moduli. Further, the effects of density, aspect ratio, power law exponent, Young’s modulus on frequency parameters of the functionally graded plate resting on Winkler–Pasternak foundation under specific boundary conditions viz. CCCC (all edges clamped), SSSS (all edges simply supported), CFFF (cantilever), SCSF (simply supported-clamped-free) are studied extensively. Furthermore, effect of stiffness of elastic foundation moduli (kp and kw) on frequency parameters are analyzed. It has been observed that effects of aspect ratios, boundary conditions, Young’s modulus and density on frequency parameters are significant at lower value of the power law exponent. It has also been noted from present investigation that Pasternak foundation modulus has greater effect on frequency parameters as compared to the Winkler foundation modulus. Most of the results presented in this paper are novel and may be used for the validation purpose by researchers. Three dimensional mode shapes for the functionally graded plate resting on elastic foundation have also been presented in this article.


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