Nonlocal vibrations and stabilities in parametric resonance of axially moving viscoelastic piezoelectric nanoplate subjected to thermo-electro-mechanical forces

This work is motivated by the self-powered component of biomedical nano-robotic device which is expected to move in arterial blood vessels. The transverse vibrations and steady-state responses of axially moving viscoelastic piezoelectric two-dimensional nanostructures are investigated based on the nonlocal viscoelasticity thin plate theory. The constitutive relations of viscoelastic piezoelectric nano plate containing the thermal effect are performed and the governing partial differential equations of the problem model are derived using the Hamilton's principle. The natural frequencies are numerically determined via the Galerkin method, the complex mode method, as well as the finite element method for comparison. Moreover, the theoretical calculations are compared with those in previous literature to verify effects in nonlocal nanoscale framework and average speed on natural frequency. Afterwards, the instable behaviors of axially non-uniformly moving viscoelastic piezoelectric nanoplate characterized as a sine variation about the constant average speed are addressed using the method of multiple scales. The analyses are mainly focused on the boundaries of instable regions in combination parametric resonance and principal parametric resonance. The non-dimensional numerical results imply the existences of nonlocal nanoscale parameter and average speed contribute to reduce the rigidity, and further produce the coupled vibrations and flutter instabilities for complex frequencies. Additionally, the instable regions of combination and principal parametric resonances decrease with increases in the biaxial compression, change of temperature, positive electric voltage and viscoelastic coefficient. The dynamic responses of axially moving viscoelastic piezoelectric nanoplate under the coupling of thermo-electro-mechanical multi-fields are expected to play significant roles in designing biomedical nano-robots. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.