Nonlinear forced vibration analysis of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite Timoshenko beams

Composite Structures

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 316-327

  Ansari, R ^a   Faghih Shojaei, M ^a   Mohammadi, V ^a   Gholami, R ^a   Sadeghi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Functionally graded materials; Generalized differential quadrature method; Nanocomposites; Nonlinear forced vibration; Timoshenko beam theory

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FREQUENCY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; REINFORCEMENT; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE TIMOSHENKO BEAMS; GENERALIZED DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE METHODS; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR FORCED VIBRATIONS; PARAMETERIZED EQUATIONS; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); TIMOSHENKO BEAM THEORY;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84900804904     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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