Effect of nonlocal elasticity on the performance of a flexoelectric layer as a distributed actuator of nanobeams
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The paper is concerned with the development of finite element model for the static analysis of smart nanobeams integrated with a flexoelectric layer on its top surface, using nonlocal elastic theory. The flexoelectric layer acts as a distributed actuator of the nanobeam. A layerwise displacement theory has been used to derive the element stiffness matrices from variational principles incorporating nonlocal effects. The finite element model for nonlocal response of the beams has been validated with the exact solution for the case of a simply supported standalone flexoelectric layer. Also, the finite element model of the simply supported smart beam has been validated with exact solutions and numerical models for the local elastic case. The performance of the flexoelectric actuator has been compared for different values of nonlocal parameters and different combinations of nonlocal and local elastic substrate and flexoelectric layer. Further, the model developed has been utlized for investigating the performance of the active flexoelectric layer in case of cantilever beam, for which the exact solutions are not available.
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OpenAlex topics: Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures · Numerical methods in engineering · Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
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