Vibration analysis of double-bonded sandwich microplates with nanocomposite facesheets reinforced by symmetric and un-symmetric distributions of nanotubes under multi physical fields

• Published in: Structural engineering and mechanics Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 361 - 379
• Main Authors: Mohammadimehr, Mehdi, Zarei, Hassan BabaAkbar, Parakandeh, Ali, Arani, Ali Ghorbanpour
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: nanocomposite facesheets; 2D magnetic and electric fields; vibration analysis; double-bonded sandwich microplates; symmetric and unsymmetric distributions of nanotubes
• ISSN: 1225-4568; 1598-6217

In this article, the vibration behavior of double-bonded sandwich microplates with homogeneous core and nanocomposite facesheets reinforced by carbon nanotube and boron nitride nanotube under multi physical fields such as 2D magnetic and electric fields is investigated. Symmetric and un-symmetric distributions of nanotubes are considered for facesheets of sandwich microplates such as uniform distribution and various functionally graded distributions. The double-bonded sandwich microplates rest on visco-Pasternak foundation. Material properties of sandwich microplates are obtained by the extended rule of mixture. The sinusoidal shear deformation theory (SSDT) is employed to describe displacement fields of sandwich microplates. Also, the dimensionless natural frequency is obtained by classical plate theory (CPT) and compared with the obtained results by SSDT. It can be seen that the obtained dimensionless natural frequencies by CPT are higher than SSDT. In order to study the material length scale parameters, modified strain gradient theory at micro scale is utilized and then, the equations of motion are derived using Hamilton's principle. The effects of different parameters such as foundation parameters including Winkler, shear layer and damping coefficients, various distributions and volume fraction of nanotubes, core to facesheet thickness ratio, aspect and side ratios on the dimensionless natural frequencies are discussed in details. The results of present work can be used to optimum design and control of similar systems such as micro-electro-mechanical and nano-electro-mechanical devices.