Magneto-thermo-mechanical dynamic buckling analysis of a FG-CNTs-reinforced curved microbeam with different boundary conditions using strain gradient theory

Abstract

In this article, dynamic buckling analysis of an embedded curved microbeam reinforced by functionally graded carbon nanotubes is carried out. The structure is subjected to thermal, magnetic and harmonic mechanical loads. Timoshenko beam theory is employed to simulate the structure. Furthermore, the temperature-dependent surrounding elastic foundation is modeled by normal springs and a shear layer. Using strain gradient theory, the small scale effects are taken into account. The extended rule of mixture is employed to estimate the equivalent properties of the composite material. The governing equations and different boundary conditions are derived based on the energy method and Hamilton's principle. Dynamic stability regions of the system are obtained using differential quadrature method. The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of different parameters such as small scale effect, boundary conditions, elastic foundation, volume fraction and distribution types of carbon nanotubes, magnetic field, temperature and central angle of the curved microbeam on the dynamic stability region of the system. The results indicate that by increasing the volume fraction of CNTs, the frequency of the system increases and thus the dynamic stability region occurs at higher frequencies.

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