Vibrations and buckling of orthotropic small‐scale plates with complex shape based on modified couple stress theory

Abstract

AbstractFree vibrations of microplates with non‐classical shape are considered in the paper. Governing equations are based on the modified couple stress theory and Kirchhoff–Love plate theory. It is assumed that the plate is isotropic or orthotropic and satisfy various boundary conditions. An analysis is performed by the variational‐structural method which is based on R‐functions theory and Ritz method. The testing of the proposed method is carried out by comparison with known in literature results and analytical solutions. The developed method is applied to the study of the influence of the material length scale parameter, boundary conditions, shape parameters, material characteristics on vibration frequencies. Also, size‐dependent analysis for buckling of the isotropic and orthotropic microplate subjected to uniaxial load is performed by the proposed approach. Critical loads for a plate with complex shape, different types of boundary conditions and material are calculated in order to study their effect on buckling.