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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 50, Number 1, January 10 2024 , pages 63-75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2024.50.1.063
 


Free vibration analysis of sandwich cylindrical panel composed of graphene nanoplatelets reinforcement core integrated with Piezoelectric Face-sheets
Khashayar Arshadi and Mohammad Arefi

 
Abstract
    In this paper, the modified couple stress theory (MCST) and first order shear deformation theory (FSDT) are employed to investigate the free vibration and bending analyses of a three-layered micro-shell sandwiched by piezoelectric layers subjected to an applied voltage and reinforced graphene nanoplatelets (GPLs) under external and internal pressure. The micro-shell is resting on an elastic foundation modeled as Pasternak model. The mixture's rule and Halpin-Tsai model are utilized to compute the effective mechanical properties. By applying Hamilton's principle, the motion equations and associated boundary conditions are derived. Static/ dynamic results are obtained using Navier's method. The results are validated with the previously published works. The numerical results are presented to study and discuss the influences of various parameters on the natural frequencies and deflection of the micro-shell, such as applied voltage, thickness of the piezoelectric layer to radius, length to radius ratio, volume fraction and various distribution pattern of the GPLs, thickness-to-length scale parameter, and foundation coefficients for the both external and internal pressure. The main novelty of this work is simultaneous effect of graphene nanoplatelets as reinforcement and piezoelectric layers on the bending and vibration characteristics of the sandwich micro shell.
 
Key Words
    applied voltage; FSDT; graphene nanoplatelet; MCST; micro-shell; Piezoelectric
 
Address
Khashayar Arshadi and Mohammad Arefi:Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Solid Mechanics, University of Kashan, Kashan 87317-51167, Iran
 

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