Coupled longitudinal-transverse-rotational behaviour of shear deformable microbeams

Authors

Mergen H. Ghayesh, University of WollongongFollow
Hamed Farokhi, McGill University

RIS ID

99882

Publication Details

Ghayesh, M. H. & Farokhi, H. (2015). Coupled longitudinal-transverse-rotational behaviour of shear deformable microbeams. Composites Part B: Engineering, 77 319-328.

Abstract

In this paper, for the first time, the nonlinear motion characteristics of a hinged-hinged third-order shear deformable microbeam are examined, based on the modified couple stress theory and the third-order shear deformation theory. The extensibility of the microbeam is modelled by taking into account the longitudinal displacement. The nonlinear equations governing the longitudinal, transverse, and rotational motions are derived by means of Hamilton's principle in conjunction with the modified couple stress theory (to take into account small-scale effects). The three coupled nonlinear partial differential equations are discretized via the Galerkin method and the resulting set of ordinary differential equations is solved by means of the pseudo-arclength continuation technique and via direct time-integration. The effects of the system parameters on the behaviour of the microbeam are studied. Results are presented in the form of frequency-responses and force-responses. Points of interest in the parameter space are also highlighted in the form of time histories, phase-plane portraits, and fast Fourier transforms (FFTs). Moreover, the similarities and differences in the response of the system obtained via the modified couple stress and classical continuum mechanics theories are discussed.