Free transverse vibrations of nano-to-micron scale beams

In the present work, the integral equation approach and the non-local elasticity theory are employed to investigate the free transverse vibrations of nano-to-micron scale beams. The frequency equation is analytically formulated into an eigenvalue problem of a matrix with an infinite order. The numerical calculation is implemented by truncating this matrix to a finite order one. It is found that the impact of the non-local effect on the natural frequencies and vibrating modes is negligible for the beams with micrometre scale length. But when the length of beams reaches the nanoscale, the non-local effect becomes important; especially for the high-order natural frequencies and vibrating modes.