Prediction of biaxial buckling behavior of single-layered graphene sheets based on nonlocal plate models and molecular dynamics simulations

The biaxial buckling behavior of single-layered graphene sheets (SLGSs) is studied in the present work. To consider the size-effects in the analysis, Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity equations are incorporated into the different types of plate theory namely as classical plate theory (CLPT), first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), and higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). An exact solution is conducted to obtain the critical biaxial buckling loads of simply-supported square and rectangular SLGSs with various values of side-length and nonlocal parameter corresponding to each type of nonlocal plate model. Then, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed for a series of armchair and zigzag SLGSs with different side-lengths, the results of which are matched with those obtained by the nonlocal plate models to extract the appropriate values of nonlocal parameter relevant to each type of nonlocal elastic plate model and chirality. It is found that the present nonlocal plate models with their proposed proper values of nonlocal parameter have an excellent capability to predict the biaxial buckling response of SLGSs.     

Small scale effect on vibrational response of single-walled carbon nanotubes with different boundary conditions based on nonlocal beam models

The free vibration response of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is investigated in this work using various nonlocal beam theories. To this end, the nonlocal elasticity equations of Eringen are incorporated into the various classical beam theories namely as Euler-Bernoulli beam theory (EBT), Timoshenko beam theory (TBT), and Reddy beam theory (RBT) to consider the size-effects on the vibration analysis of SWCNTs. The generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method is employed to discretize the governing differential equations of each nonlocal beam theory corresponding to four commonly used boundary conditions. Then molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is implemented to obtain fundamental frequencies of nanotubes with different chiralities and values of aspect ratio to compare them with the results obtained by the nonlocal beam models. Through the fitting of the two series of numerical results, appropriate values of nonlocal parameter are derived relevant to each type of chirality, nonlocal beam model, and boundary conditions. It is found that in contrast to the chirality, the type of nonlocal beam model and boundary conditions make difference between the calibrated values of nonlocal parameter corresponding to each one.     

A Notion of Nonlocal Curvature

We consider a nonlocal (or fractional) curvature and we investigate similarities and differences with respect to the classical local case. In particular, we show that the nonlocal mean curvature can be seen as an average of suitable nonlocal directional curvatures and there is a natural asymptotic convergence to the classical case. Nevertheless, different from the classical cases, minimal and maximal nonlocal directional curvatures are not in general attained at perpendicular directions and, in fact, one can arbitrarily prescribe the set of extremal directions for nonlocal directional curvatures. Also the classical directional curvatures naturally enjoy some linear properties that are lost in the nonlocal framework. In this sense, nonlocal directional curvatures are somewhat intrinsically nonlinear.     

On the nano-structural dependence of nonlocal dynamics and its relationship to the upper limit of nonlocal scale parameter

Nonlocal elasticity theory is one of the most popular theoretical approaches to investigate the intrinsic scale effect of nano-materials/structures. The coupling of an internal characteristic length and a material parameter can be regarded as a nonlocal scale parameter in nano-meters. The range of this non-dimensional scale parameter is from zero up to different values previously. There is no doubt that the zero nonlocal scale parameter corresponds to a situation without any nonlocal effect. However, the determination of a peak value for the scale parameter is still uncertain. In fact, we frequently ask a simple but unresolved question, i.e., how strong is the nonlocal scale effect? This question is equivalent to what the maximum value of the nonlocal scale parameter is, since it was introduced to characterize the scale effect theoretically. Until now, various maximum values have been selected without rigorous verifications. In this paper, the nano-structural dependence of nonlocal dynamical behavior is investigated to present the existence of an upper limit for the scale parameter. Through three typical examples, the size-dependent behavior of nonlocal dynamics for various nano-structures is analyzed. The upper limit of the scale parameter can be determined accordingly. It is shown that an interval for the scale parameter in the illustrative examples can be found on the basis of the nonlocal softening physical mechanism, in which the equivalent stiffness of nano-structures is weakened than that predicted by the classical continuum theory. The present study contributes to a fuzzy zone in nonlocal elasticity where people are puzzled over the question how to select the upper limit of the nonlocal scale parameter. It is not only beneficial to the refinement of the nonlocal theory of elasticity, and also useful for the exploration of similar theories in nano-mechanics.     

A general nonlocal nonlinear model for buckling of nanobeams

This study presents a unified model for the nonlocal response of nanobeams in buckling and postbuckling states. The formulation is suitable for the classical Euler–Bernoulli, first-order Timoshenko, and higher-order shear deformation beam theories. The small-scale effect is modeled according to the nonlocal elasticity theory of Eringen. The equations of equilibrium are obtained using the principle of virtual work. The stress resultants are developed taking into account the nonlocal effect. Analytical solutions for the critical buckling load and the amplitude of the static nonlinear response in the postbuckling state are obtained. It is found out that as the nonlocal parameter increases, the critical buckling load reduces and the amplitude of buckling increases. Numerical results showing variation of the critical buckling load and the amplitude of buckling with the nonlocal parameter and the length-to-height ratio for simply supported and clamped–clamped nanobeams are presented.     

Banach空间半线性积微分方程的非局部Cauchy问题

运用预解算子理论和Schauder不动点定理,在Banach空间证明了一类非局部半线性积微分方程积分解的存在性.     

A fractional nonlocal time-space viscoelasticity theory and its applications in structural dynamics

To overcome the long wavelength and time limits of classical elastic theory, this paper presents a fractional nonlocal time-space viscoelasticity theory to incorporate the non-locality of both time and spatial location. The stress (strain) at a reference point and a specified time is assumed to depend on the past time history and the stress (strain) of all the points in the reference domain through nonlocal kernel operators. Based on an assumption of weak non-locality, the fractional Taylor expansion series is used to derive a fractional nonlocal time-space model. A fractional nonlocal Kevin–Voigt model is considered as the simplest fractional nonlocal time-space model and chosen to be applied for structural dynamics. The correlation between the intrinsic length and time parameters is discussed. The effective viscoelastic modulus is derived and, based on which, the tension and vibration of rods and the bending, buckling and vibration of beams are studied. Furthermore, in the context of Hamilton’s principle, the governing equation and the boundary condition are derived for longitudinal dynamics of the rod in a more rigorous manner. It is found that when the external excitation frequency and the wavenumber interact with the intrinsic microstructures of materials and the intrinsic time parameter, the nonlocal space-time effect will become substantial, and therefore the viscoelastic structures are sensitive to both microstructures and time.     

Fundamental size dependent natural frequencies of non-uniform orthotropic nano scaled plates using nonlocal variational principle and finite element method

In the present study, a nonlocal continuum model based on the Eringen’s theory is developed for vibration analysis of orthotropic nano-plates with arbitrary variation in thickness. Variational principle and Ritz functions are employed to calculate the size dependent natural frequencies of non-uniform nano-plates on the basis of nonlocal classical plate theory (NCLPT). The Ritz functions eliminate the need for mesh generation and thus large degrees of freedom arising in discretization methods such as finite element (FE). Effect of thickness variation on natural frequencies is examined for different nonlocal parameters, mode numbers, geometries and boundary conditions. It is found that thickness variation accompanying small scale effect has a noticeable effect on natural frequencies of non-uniform plates at nano scale. Also a comparison with finite element solution is performed to show the ability of the Ritz functions in fast converging to the exact results. It is anticipated that presented results can be used as a helpful source in vibration design and frequency optimization of non-uniform small scaled plates.     

Mean-square random dynamical systems

The classical theory of random dynamical systems is a pathwise theory based on a skew-product system consisting of a measure theoretic autonomous system that represents the driving noise and a topological cocycle mapping for the state evolution. This theory does not, however, apply to nonlocal dynamics such as when the dynamics of a sample path depends on other sample paths through an expectation or when the evolution of random sets depends on nonlocal properties such as the diameter of the sets. The authors showed recently in terms of stochastic morphological evolution equations that such nonlocal random dynamics can be characterized by a deterministic two-parameter process from the theory of nonautonomous dynamical systems acting on a state space of random variables or random sets with the mean-square topology. This observation is exploited here to provide a definition of mean-square random dynamical systems and their attractors. The main difficulty in applying the theory is the lack of useful characterizations of compact sets of mean-square random variables. It is illustrated through simple but instructive examples how this can be avoided in strictly contractive cases or circumvented by using weak compactness. The existence of a pullback attractor then follows from the much more easily determined mean-square ultimate boundedness of solutions.     

基于非局部应变梯度理论功能梯度纳米板的弯曲和屈曲研究

以纳米机器人等智能器件中的功能梯度纳米板结构为研究对象,基于非局部应变梯度理论,研究了其弯曲和屈曲问题.推导了一般情况下的功能梯度纳米板运动方程,弯曲和屈曲作为其特例可简化而成.分析了非局部尺度参数、材料特征尺度参数、梯度指数、纳米板尺寸等对弯曲挠度和临界屈曲载荷的影响.结果表明:不同高阶连续介质力学理论下的最大挠度都随梯度指数的增大而增大,正方形纳米板挠度较小,且板厚越大,弯曲挠度越小;最大挠度随非局部尺度参数的增大而增大,随材料特征尺度参数的增大而减小.临界屈曲载荷随梯度指数的增大而减小,随板厚、长宽比的增大而增大,随非局部尺度的增大而减小,随材料特征尺度的增大而增大.非局部应变梯度高阶弯曲和屈曲中存在结构软化与硬化机制,两个内特征参数之间具有耦合效应,当非局部尺度大于材料特征尺度时,非局部效应在功能梯度纳米板力学性能中占主导作用;当材料特征尺度大于非局部尺度时,应变梯度效应占主导作用.解析结果还证明了当非局部尺度等于材料特征尺度时,非局部应变梯度理论结果退化为经典结果.     

A circular rotational dislocation loop in a nonlocally elastic medium

In the framework of the nonlocal theory of elasticity we determine the stresses caused by a circular rotational dislocation loop in an unbounded body. In contrast to the solution of the corresponding problem in the classical theory of elasticity, the stress field is regular at all points of the medium, including the line of dislocation. Translated fromMatematichni Metody i Fiziko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 38, 1995.     

Size-dependent dynamic analysis of rectangular nanoplates in the presence of electrostatic,Casimir and thermal forces

In the present study by considering the small-scale effects, the dynamic instability of fully clamped and simply supported nanoplates is studied in the attendance of electrostatic, Casimir as well as thermal forces. To this end, by applying the nonlocal elasticity theory of Eringen along with the classical plate theory, the dynamic equilibrium equation of nanoplates is obtained by incorporating the in-plane thermal and transverse intermolecular distributed loads. The solution of the obtained nonlinear governing equation is done using the Galerkin method and the dynamic pull-in instability voltage of the nanoplates is compared with the available experimental results. Finally, the simultaneous effects of thermal force as well as nonlocal parameter on the dynamic response of nanoplates are examined in the presence of Casimir force in detail.     

Vibration analysis of Nano-Rotor's Blade applying Eringen nonlocal elasticity and generalized differential quadrature method

This study investigates the small scale effect on the flapwise bending vibrations of a rotating nanoplate. The nanoplate is modeled with a classical plate theory and considering cantilever and propped cantilever boundary conditions. Due to the rotation, the axial forces are included in the model as true spatial variation. Hamilton's principle is used to derive the governing equation and boundary conditions of the classical plate theory based on Eringen's nonlocal elasticity theory. The generalized differential quadrature method is employed to solve the governing equation. The effect of small-scale parameter, non-dimensional angular velocity, non-dimensional hub radius, aspect ratio, and different boundary conditions in the first four non-dimensional frequencies is discussed. Due to considering rotating effects, results of this study are applicable in nano-machines such as nano-motors and nano-turbines and other nanostructures.     

非局部非对称弹性固体理论

本文基于非局部连续统场论和非线性连续体力学理论,建立了非局部非对称弹性固体的非线性理论.它完善和发展了Eringen等人所建立的非局部弹性场论.将文献[1]中所建立的非局部非对称弹性力学的线性理论推广到有限变形.证明了在非局部弹性固体中存在着非局部体力矩.非局部体力矩引起应力的非对称性,而非局部体力矩则由原子晶格相互作用形成的共价键所产生的.并应用本文建立的理论合理地解释了平面横波和纵波色散系关的不相似性.     

Theorem about existence and uniqueness of continuous solution of nonlocal problem for nonlinear hyperbolic equation

The aim of the paper is to give a theorem about the existence and uniqueness of the continuous solution of a non-linear differential hyperbolic problem with a nonlocal condition in a bounded domain. The Banach theorem about the fixed point is used to prove the existence and uniqueness of the problem considered. The results obtained in this paper can be applied in the theory of elasticity with better effect than the analogous known result with the classical initial condition.     

The nonlocal theory of elasticity and its applications to the description of defects in solid bodies

The nonlocal theory of elasticity takes account of remote action forces between atoms. This causes the stresses to depend on the strains not only at an individual point under consideration, but at all points of the body. The stresses caused by defects in a nonlocally elastic medium have no nonphysical singularities, in contrast to the corresponding solutions obtained in the classical theory of elasticity. Translated fromMatematychni Metody ta Fizyko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 41, No. 1, 1998, pp. 90–96.     

Some properties of $${\tau }$$-adic expansions on hyperelliptic Koblitz curves

This paper studies the existence of solutions for a six-point boundary value problem of coupled system of nonlinear Caputo (Liouville–Caputo) type sequential fractional integro-differential equations supplemented with coupled nonlocal Riemann–Liouville integral boundary conditions. Our results are based on some classical results of the fixed-point theory. An example is constructed to demonstrate the application of our work. Some interesting observations are also presented.     

Nonlocal diffusion problems that approximate the heat equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions

We present a model for nonlocal diffusion with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a bounded smooth domain. We prove that solutions of properly rescaled nonlocal problems approximate uniformly the solution of the corresponding Dirichlet problem for the classical heat equation.     

Approximate the Fokker-Planck equation by a class of nonlocal dispersal problems

This paper is concerned with an inhomogeneous nonlocal dispersal equation. We study the limit of the re-scaled problem of this nonlocal operator and prove that the solutions of the re-scaled equation converge to a solution of the Fokker-Planck equation uniformly. We then analyze the nonlocal dispersal equation of an inhomogeneous diffusion kernel and find that the heterogeneity in the classical diffusion term coincides with the inhomogeneous kernel when the scaling parameter goes to zero.     

Global stability and pattern formation in a nonlocal diffusive Lotka–Volterra competition model

A diffusive Lotka–Volterra competition model with nonlocal intraspecific and interspecific competition between species is formulated and analyzed. The nonlocal competition strength is assumed to be determined by a diffusion kernel function to model the movement pattern of the biological species. It is shown that when there is no nonlocal intraspecific competition, the dynamics properties of nonlocal diffusive competition problem are similar to those of classical diffusive Lotka–Volterra competition model regardless of the strength of nonlocal interspecific competition. Global stability of nonnegative constant equilibria are proved using Lyapunov or upper–lower solution methods. On the other hand, strong nonlocal intraspecific competition increases the system spatiotemporal dynamic complexity. For the weak competition case, the nonlocal diffusive competition model may possess nonconstant positive equilibria for some suitably large nonlocal intraspecific competition coefficients.