Dispersion characteristics of guided waves in functionally graded anisotropic micro/nano-plates based on the modified couple stress theory

In this paper, the acoustic wave motion characteristics of Lamb and SH waves in functionally graded (FG) anisotropic micro/nano-plates are studied based on the modified couple stress theory. A higher efficient computational approach, the extended Legendre orthogonal polynomial method (LOPM) is utilized to deduce solving process. This polynomial method does not need to solve the FG micro/nano-plates hierarchically, which provides a more realistic analysis model for FG micro/nano-plates and has high computational efficiency. Simultaneously, the solutions based on the global matrix method (GMM) are also deduced to verify the correctness of the polynomial method. Furthermore, the effects of size and material gradient are studied in detail. Numerical results show that the size effect causes wrinkles in Lamb wave dispersion curves, and the material gradient characteristic changes the amplitude and range of wrinkles. For SH waves, the length scale parameter Lx increases the cut-off frequency but does not change the overall trend of the dispersion curve; on the contrary, Lz does not change the cut-off frequency but causes the dispersion curve to show an upward trend.

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This paper studies the acoustic wave motion characteristics of Lamb and SH waves in FG anisotropic micro/nano-plates based on the modified couple stress theory, using the efficient LOPM method for solving process and examining the effects of size and material gradient. The research indicates that size effect causes wrinkles in Lamb wave dispersion curves, material gradient changes the amplitude and range of wrinkles, and length scale parameter influences the cut-off frequency of SH waves.