A review of available theories and methodologies for the analysis of nano isotropic, nano functionally graded, and CNT reinforced nanocomposite structures

A Garg, HD Chalak, AM Zenkour, MO Belarbi… - … Methods in Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Nanocomposites are making way for potential application in various fields of engineering.
The present article reviews the work carried out on vibration, static and buckling analysis of …

Surface stress size dependency in nonlinear thermomechanical in-plane stability characteristics of FG laminated curved nanobeams

Z Yang, D Hurdoganoglu, S Sahmani, B Safaei… - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present exploration, the effect of surface stress type of size dependency on the
nonlinear in-plane stability characteristics of functionally graded (FG) laminated composite …

Couple stress-based nonlinear buckling analysis of hydrostatic pressurized functionally graded composite conical microshells

Y Yuan, K Zhao, Y Zhao, S Sahmani, B Safaei - Mechanics of Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study deals with the size-dependent nonlinear buckling characteristics of
conical microshells made of functionally graded (FG) composite materials under uniform …

Nonlocal strain gradient beam model for nonlinear vibration of prebuckled and postbuckled multilayer functionally graded GPLRC nanobeams

S Sahmani, MM Aghdam - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
In the current study, a nonlocal strain gradient beam model with third-order distribution of
shear deformation is established to explore the nonlinear vibration of axially-loaded …

On the surface elastic-based shear buckling characteristics of functionally graded composite skew nanoplates

F Fan, B Lei, S Sahmani, B Safaei - Thin-Walled Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The prime objective of the present investigation is to predict the shear buckling
characteristics of skew nanoplates made of a functionally graded material (FGM) in the …

A nonlocal strain gradient hyperbolic shear deformable shell model for radial postbuckling analysis of functionally graded multilayer GPLRC nanoshells

S Sahmani, MM Aghdam - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study addresses the size dependency in nonlinear instability of functionally
graded multilayer graphene platelet-reinforced composite (GPLRC) nanoshells under …

Thermal buckling and bending analyses of carbon foam beams sandwiched by composite faces under axial compression

B Safaei, EC Onyibo… - Facta Universitatis …, 2022 - casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs
The bending and critical buckling loads of a sandwich beam structure subjected to thermal
load and axial compression were simulated and temperature distribution across sandwich …

On size-dependent large-amplitude free oscillations of FGPM nanoshells incorporating vibrational mode interactions

H Yi, S Sahmani, B Safaei - Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 2020 - Springer
At nanoscale, surface free energies of the atoms located on the free surfaces of structures
significantly affect their mechanical characteristics. In this study, nonlinear large-amplitude …

Postbuckling analysis of hydrostatic pressurized FGM microsized shells including strain gradient and stress-driven nonlocal effects

X Yang, S Sahmani, B Safaei - Engineering with Computers, 2021 - Springer
Herein, with the aid of the newly proposed theory of nonlocal strain gradient elasticity, the
size-dependent nonlinear buckling and postbuckling behavior of microsized shells made of …

Temperature-dependent nonlocal instability of hybrid FGM exponential shear deformable nanoshells including imperfection sensitivity

S Sahmani, MM Aghdam - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Herein, by using a refined exponential shear deformation shell theory in conjunction with
non-classical Eringen's nonlocal elasticity theory, the size-dependent buckling and …