Buckling and post-buckling of magneto-electro-thermo-elastic functionally graded porous nanobeams

Abstract

The problem of the nonlinear thermal buckling and post-buckling of magneto-electro-thermo-elastic functionally graded porous nanobeams is analyzed based on Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory and by using a refined beam model. The beams with immovable clamped ends are exposed to the external electric voltages, magnetic potentials, a uniform transverse load and uniform temperature change. For the first time, the four types of porosity distribution in the nanobeam are considered and compared in complex electric–magnetic fields. Besides, the new formula of the effective material properties is proposed in this paper to simultaneously estimate the material distribution and porosity distribution in the thickness direction. The generalized variation principle is used to induce the governing equations, then the approximate analytical solution of the METE-FG nanobeams based on physical neutral surface is obtained by using a two-step perturbation technique. Finally, detailed parametric analyses are performed to get an insight into the effects of different physical parameters, including the slenderness ratio, small-scale parameter, volume fraction index, external electric voltages, magnetic potentials, porosity coefficient and different porosity distributions, for providing an effective way to improve post-buckling strength of porous beams.