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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS
Volume 50, Issue -, Pages 127-135Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2012.10.010
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Thermal postbuckling; FGM microbeam; Modified strain gradient theory; Generalized differential quadrature method
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The thermal postbuckling characteristics of microbeams made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) undergoing thermal loads are investigated based on the modified strain gradient theory (MSGT). The volume fraction of the ceramic and metal phases of FGM microbeams is expressed by using a power low function. The non-classical beam model presented herein is capable of interpreting size effects through introducing material length scale parameters and encompasses the modified couple stress theory (MCST) and classical theory (CT). Based on the non-linear Timoshenko beam theory and the principle of virtual work, the stability equations and associated boundary conditions are derived and are then solved through the generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method in conjunction with a direct approach without linearization. The influences of the material gradient index, length scale parameter, and boundary conditions on the thermal postbuckling behavior of FGM microbeams are comprehensively investigated. Also, this study compares the results obtained from the MSGT with those from CT. The effect of geometrical imperfection on the buckling deformation of microbeams in prebuckled and postbuckled states is discussed. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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