Abstract:This paper studies free vibration of composite beams reinforced by boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs), lying on an elastic foundation. The beam matrix is taken as poly methyl methacrylate. The nanotubes have different layouts in the matrix (aligned and randomly oriented) and are also distributed through the beam thickness as one uniform and three different functionally graded distributions. A micromechanical model is applied to estimate the properties of BNNT-reinforced composite (BNNTRC). Equations of motion are… Show more
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