Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are a type of multifunctional materials with salient features that
are very attractive in develo** soft, lightweight, and small-scale transducers and robotics …

The current investigation deals with the nonlinear oscillation response of conical microshells
made of a composite material with functional graded (FG) in-plane heterogeneity is studied …

Compared to the traditional integer order viscoelastic model, a fractional order derivative
viscoelastic model is shown to be more accurate. A thorough knowledge of the dispersive …

Topological phononic crystals have attracted intensive attention due to their peculiar
topologically protected interface or edge states. Their operating frequency, however, is …

Pipes have multiple applications in daily life and they are subjected to different types of
defects. Nonlinear guided wave has attracted significant attention in detecting …

Soft electroactive materials (SEAMs), which possess significant advantages over
conventional hard materials, have attracted great attention in recent years. They have been …

Uncovering the dynamic behaviors of viscoelastic medium with complicated internal
geometric structures, ie, graded density and multilayers, is of great significance in the fields …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) have been widely used in soft robotics, high-performance
actuators, and bioengineering. However, they may suffer from more failure modes than pure …

In this paper, a numerical axisymmetric elastic stress wave propagation analysis of the 2D-
FGM hollow thick finite cylinder has been performed. The new accurate material distribution …

Graphene-based reinforcements can enhance mechanical performances of composite
structures by altering the distributions of graphene platelets (GPLs), which determines wave …