Vibrations of non-uniform functionally graded MWCNTs-polystyrene nanocomposite beams under action of moving load

Materials and Design

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 206-218

  Heshmati, M ^a,b   Yas, M H ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Finite element analysis; Nano structures; Vibration

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FREE AND FORCED VIBRATIONS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; LINEAR DISTRIBUTION; MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION; MOVING LOAD; NONUNIFORM BEAM; NONUNIFORMITY; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; PIECEWISE CONSTANT; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYSTYRENE NANOCOMPOSITES; ROTARY INERTIAS; THICKNESS DIRECTION; TIMOSHENKO BEAM THEORY; VIBRATION;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLYSTYRENES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84869196467     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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