Dynamic analysis of functionally graded nanocomposite beams reinforced by randomly oriented carbon nanotube under the action of moving load

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1371-1394

  Yas, M H ^a   Heshmati, M ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; FG beam; Finite element; Mori Tanaka approach; Moving load

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; EULER BERNOULLI BEAM THEORY; FG BEAM; FINITE ELEMENT; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; GRAPHICAL FORMS; HAMILTON'S PRINCIPLE; MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MORI-TANAKA; MOVING LOAD; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; NANOTUBE ORIENTATION; NEW RESULTS; NEWMARK METHODS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ORIENTED CARBON NANOTUBES; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; SLENDERNESS RATIOS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; TIME RESPONSE; TIMOSHENKO BEAM THEORY; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SHEAR FLOW;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84855689777     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.08.037     Document Type: Article

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