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A geometrically nonlinear finite element model is developed for the bending analysis of micropolar Timoshenko beams using the principle of virtual displacements and linear Lagrange interpolation functions. The nonlinearity enters the model…
The effect of surface stress on the stiffness of cantilever beams remains an outstanding problem in the physical sciences. While numerous experimental studies report significant stiffness change due to surface stress, theoretical…
As an extension to strain-gradient models of size-dependent plastic behaviour, this work proposes a model for a stress-gradient theory. The model is distinguished from earlier works on the topic by its being embedded in a thermodynamically…
This paper examines the boundary controllability of a Timoshenko laminated beam system subject to Venttsel-type boundary conditions. The study focuses on a novel configuration in which three controls are applied solely at the boundary of…
A state-based micropolar peridynamic theory for linear elastic solids is proposed. The main motivation is to introduce additional micro-rotational degrees of freedom to each material point and thus naturally bring in the physically relevant…
In this paper, we examine the recently developed skew-symmetric couple stress theory and demonstrate its inner consistency, natural simplicity and fundamental connection to classical mechanics. This hopefully will help the scientific…
This study provides an abstract framework to analyze mixed formulations in viscoelasticity, in the classic saddle point form. Standard hypothesis for mixed methods are adapted to the Volterra type equations in order to obtain stability of…
Bresse-Timoshenko beam model with thermal, mass diffusion and theormoelastic effects is studied. We state and prove the well-posedness of problem. The global existence and uniqueness of the solution is proved by using the classical…
Here the recently developed size-dependent piezoelectricity and the strain gradient theory of flexoelectricity are compared. In the course of this investigation, the strain gradient theory of flexoelectricity is shown to violate fundamental…
The objective of this paper is to study the stability of a linear one-dimensional thermoelastic Bresse system in a bounded domain, where the coupling is given through the first component of the Bresse model with the heat conduction of…
We consider the Timoshenko beam equation with locally distributed Kelvin-Voigt damping, which affects either the shear stress or the bending moment. The damping coefficient exhibits a singularity, causing its derivative to be discontinuous.…
This work focuses on the frequency-domain modeling of a control system with a flexible beam and a rigid body. A simply supported beam is equipped with a spring-loaded control actuator and possesses local damping effect. Using Hamilton's…
The existing polar continuum theory contains unresolved indeterminacies in the spherical part of the couple-stress tensor. This severely restricts its applicability in the study of micro and nano-scale solid and fluid mechanics and, perhaps…
We investigate a specific finite element model to study the thermoelastic behavior of an elastic body within the context of nonlinear strain-limiting constitutive relation. As a special subclass of implicit relations, the thermoelastic…
The existence of solutions to the boundary tracking of the displacement at one end of a linear Timoshenko beam is discussed on the basis of the Cauchy problem with time and space interchanged.
The paper extends the formulation of a 2D geometrically exact beam element proposed in our previous paper [1] to curved elastic beams. This formulation is based on equilibrium equations in their integrated form, combined with the kinematic…
In this paper, size-dependent dynamic responses of small-size frames are modelled by stress-driven nonlocal elasticity and assessed by a consistent finite-element methodology. Starting from uncoupled axial and bending differential…
In this paper the problem of boundary control of vibration in a clamped-free strain gradient Timoshenko micro-cantilever is studied. For getting systems closer to reality, the force or moment exertion conditions should be modeled. To this…
In this paper we consider a hybrid elastic model consisting of a Timoshenko beam and a tip load at the free end of the beam. Under the equal speed wave propagation condition, we show polynomial decay for the model which includes the rotary…
The large deflections of cantilevered beams and plates are modeled and discussed. Traditional nonlinear elastic models (e.g., that of von Karman) employ elastic restoring forces based on the effect of stretching on bending, and these are…