A new Bernoulli-Euler beam model based on a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory and its applications

Composite Structures

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 317-323

  Liang, Xu ^a   Hu, Shuling ^a   Shen, Shengping ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beams; Simplified strain gradient elasticity; Size effect; Variational principle

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; BUCKLING; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BEAMS; CRITICAL BUCKLING LOADS; EULER-LAGRANGE EQUATIONS; SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAMS; SIZE EFFECTS; STRAIN GRADIENT ELASTICITY; STRAIN GRADIENT ELASTICITY THEORIES; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 84896329100     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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