Recently, the mechanical behavior of micro-/nano-structures has sparked an ongoing
debate, which leads to a fundamental question: what steps can be taken to investigate the …

Nanostructures are widely used in nano and micro-sized systems and devices such as
biosensors, nano actuators, nano-probes, and nano-electro-mechanical systems. The …

The bending behaviour of systems of straight elastic beams at different scales is investigated
by the well-posed stress-driven nonlocal continuum mechanics. An effective computational …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are principal constituents of nanocomposites and nano-systems.
CNT size-dependent response assessment is therefore a topic of current interest in …

Nowadays, nanocomposite beams undergoing large displacements are effectively
employed as basic structural components of small-scale electro-mechanical systems, such …

Woven fabric reinforced materials are composite mediums commonly used in automotive
industry. In this sector, high strength mechanical properties are required by the designers …

Nonlocal strain gradient continuum mechanics is a methodology widely employed in the
literature to assess size effects in nano-structures. Notwithstanding this, improper higher …

In this paper, we present an efficient and accurate numerical approach for static bending
and free vibration analyses of microstructure-dependent Bernoulli-Euler beams. The current …

We report suitable surface energy-nonlocal-integral and-differential models for investigating
mechanical behavior of a nanosystem consists of double parallel nanorods with defects. By …

Hybrid nanotubes composed of carbon and boron-nitride nanotubes have manifested as
innovative building blocks to exploit the exceptional features of both structures …