Nonlinear vibration and stability analysis of a size-dependent viscoelastic cantilever nanobeam with axial excitation

Abstract

In the present paper, nonlinear forced vibrations of an axial moving nanobeam which is vertically influenced by an external harmonic excitation and gravity is analyzed by considering the effects of linear damping. Considering certain assumptions, a nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli beam theory is developed. With the implementation of the nonlocal elasticity theory, the governing integro-partial-differential equation is obtained by using the Hamilton principle. The multiple scale method is employed to obtain a steady-state response for the size-dependent viscoelastic nanobeam with fixed-free boundary conditions. Subsequently, the trivial and non-trivial steady-state response and the bifurcation point types are examined. Finally, the effects of damping coefficient and nonlocal parameter on stability and bifurcation of trivial and non-trivial solutions are studied. It is found that the effect of nonlocal parameter on the steady-state response and the bifurcation point types is quite important.