Vibration of size-dependent functionally graded sandwich microbeams with different boundary conditions based on the modified couple stress theory

Abstract

This paper investigates flexural vibration of functionally graded sandwich microbeams supported by different axially immovable boundary conditions. The governing equations of free vibration problem are based on Timoshenko beam theory and the modified couple stress theory which are taking into account the important effects of shear deformation, rotary inertia and material length scale parameter. To solve the governing equations presented in the forms of coupled differential equations for vibration analysis of the beams with various boundary conditions, an effective tool, namely Chebyshev collocation method, is employed to find out accurate solutions with many important parametric studies. The effects of material volume fraction index, layer thickness ratio, slenderness ratio, boundary condition, temperature rise, etc. on natural frequencies of the beams are taken into account and discussed in details. The numerical results of the beams in ambient temperature and high thermal environment are presented in several tables and figures that can serve as benchmarks for further investigations in the field of FG sandwich microbeam analysis.