Magneto-hygro-thermal vibration analysis of the viscoelastic nanobeams reinforcedwith carbon nanotubes resting on Kerr’s elastic foundation based on NSGT

Abstract

This paper studies the vibration analysis of the viscoelastic nanobeams reinforced with functionally graded carbon nanotubes (FG-CNTs), considering the thickness stretching effect subjected to magneto-hygro-thermo loading based on a novel higher-order shear deformation theory. It is assumed that the nanosize structure is resting on Kerr’s elastic foundation. The effective material properties of FG-CNTs are changed through the thickness direction based on five diverse distributions of CNTs. All of the effective material properties of the nanobeam are temperature-dependent. Nonlocal strain gradient theory is applied to consider the size effect. A higher-order shear deformation beam theory is utilized to consider the shear impacts. Three kinds of relations are employed to study the effects of the hygro-thermo loading comprehensively on the frequency of the nanobeams. An analytical solution technique is utilized to solve the nonlocal governing equations achieved from Hamilton’s principle for several boundary conditions. The influences of size effect parameters, elastic foundation factors, distributions of CNTs, hygrothermal environment, and viscoelastic parameter on the frequency of nanobeams are investigated.