In this paper, free vibration of a metal foam core sandwich (MFCS) beam embedded in
Winkler–Pasternak elastic foundation is studied using the Chebyshev collocation method …

Porous graded materials found in nature can be regarded as variable stiffness optimised
load carrier elements that exhibit beneficial properties for real-life engineering designs. In …

Beam-like compliant elements have found wide-ranging application in many fields of
engineering and science often where 3D large deflections can be of concern such as soft …

Choosing a kinematic model for a continuum robot typically involves making a tradeoff
between accuracy and computational complexity. One common modeling approach is to use …

An analytical solution is obtained for the 3D static deflection of variable stiffness composite
beams subject to non-uniformly distributed loads. Governing differential equations with …

The purpose of this paper is to present the exact analytical solution for the static deflection
analysis of fully coupled composite Timoshenko beams. The system of governing equations …

Non-prismatic beams are widely employed in several engineering fields, eg, wind turbines,
rotor blades, aircraft wings, and arched bridges. While analytical solutions for variable cross …

Beams resting on elastic foundations are widely used in engineering design such as
railroad tracks, pipelines, bridge decks, and automobile frames. Laminated composite …

New exact analytical solutions are presented for the static deflection of coupled Timoshenko
composite beams resting on two-parameter elastic foundations subject to arbitrary boundary …

In this paper, arbitrarily large in-plane deflections of planar curved beams made of
Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) are examined. Geometrically exact beam theory is …