A modified continuum model of electrically actuated nanobeams is presented by
incorporating surface elasticity in this paper. The classical beam theory is adopted to model …

Conventional continuum theory does not account for contributions from length scale effects
which are important in modeling of nano-beams. Failure to include size-dependent …

In this paper a new design methodology is presented to optimize the natural frequencies of
axially functionally graded beams and arches by tailoring appropriately their material …

The objective of this paper is to present an efficient beam formulation based on the
boundary element method (BEM), for the nonlinear dynamic analysis of wind turbine towers …

In this article, a large deformation analysis of a flexible manipulator is examined by using the
discrete time transfer matrix method. Since this robotic analysis is very demanding in terms …

The article deals with the problem of computing efficiently the nonlinear response of a rod
involving a fractional constitutive model, and exposed to random excitation. The constitutive …

The frequency response curves of a non-uniform beam undergoing nonlinear oscillations
are determined analytically by the multiple time scale method, which provides approximate …

This paper presents a model for the investigation of buckling, flutter and vibration analyses
of beams using the integral equation formulation. A mathematical formulation based on …

There are many studies on vibrations of moving belts originated from automotive belt drives.
These studies, however, mainly consider the nonlinear effect of the transversal vibration of …

Despite the shear amount of research studies on nonlinear flexural dynamics of cantilever
beams, very few efforts address the practical geometry involving a constant thickness and …