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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 88, Number 1, October10 2023 , pages 1-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2023.88.1.001
 


Forced vibration of a sandwich Timoshenko beam made of GPLRC and porous core
Mohammad Safari, Mehdi Mohammadimehr and Hossein Ashrafi

 
Abstract
    In this study, forced vibration behavior of a piezo magneto electric sandwich Timoshenko beam is investigated. It is assumed a sandwich beam with porous core and graphene platelet reinforced composite (GPLRC) in facesheets subjected to magneto-electro-elastic and temperature-dependent material properties. The magneto electro platelets are under linear function along with the thickness that includes a cosine function and magnetic and electric constant potentials. The governing equations of motion are derived using modified strain gradient theory for microstructures. The effects of material length scale parameters, temperature change, different distributions of porous, various patterns of graphene platelets, and the core to face sheets thickness ratio on the natural frequency and excited frequency of a sandwich Timoshenko beam are scrutinized. Various size-dependent methods effects such as MSGT, MCST, and CT on the natural frequency is considered. Moreover, the final results affirm that the increase in porosity coefficient and volume fractions lead to an increase in the amount of natural frequency; while vice versa for the increment in the aspect ratio. From forced vibration analysis, it is understood that by increasing the values of volume fraction and the length thickness of GPL, the maximum deflection of a sandwich beam decreases. Also, it is concluded that increasing the temperature, the thickness of GPL, and the initial force leads to a decrease in the maximum deflection of GPL. It is also shown that resonance phenomenon occurs when the natural and excitation frequencies become equal to each other. Outcomes also reveal that the third natural frequency owns the minimum value of both deflection and frequency ratio and the first natural frequency has the maximum.
 
Key Words
    forced vibration; graphene platelets reinforced composite; piezo magnetic-electric; porous core; temperature dependent material properties; Timoshenko sandwich beam
 
Address
Mohammad Safari, Mehdi Mohammadimehr and Hossein Ashrafi: Department of Solid Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kashan, Ghotb Ravandi Blvd., Kashan, Iran
 

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