Free vibration and buckling stability of FG nanobeams exposed to magnetic and thermal fields

Abstract

Due to the increasing usage of nanostructures in nanotechnology and nanodevice, the following article aims to investigate the free vibration and buckling behaviours of a Timoshenko functionally graded nanobeam under to thermal and magnetic environment. The nanoscale and microstructure effects of FG nanobeam are included to classical mechanics using nonlocal strain gradient theory. The gradation of material properties throughout the beam thickness is described by power-law function. The material properties are assumed to be temperature dependent. Considering the thermal and Lorentz forces, the equations of motion of the functionally graded Timoshenko nanobeam are obtained using the strain gradient and nonlocal elasticity theories. The transverse Lorentz force induced by the horizontal magnetic field vector is derived using Maxwell’s equations. External compressive axial and transverse point loads are included in the formulation and the motion equations are solved using a Navier-type approach. The effects nonlocal size scale, and strain gradient microstructure influence, thermal loadings and magnetic field intensities on the free vibration, transverse bending and buckling behaviours of the functionally graded nanobeam are presented. The following model can be used as benchmark to analyse the nanobeam structure under thermomagnetic field using a finite element or any other numerical method.