Stress-driven nonlocal integral model for Timoshenko elastic nano-beams
Size-dependent structural behavior of inflected Timoshenko elastic nano-beams is investigated by nonlocal continuum mechanics. An innovative stress-driven integral model of elasticity is conceived by swapping source and output fields of Eringen's strain-driven theory. Unlike Eringen's model, the stress-driven nonlocal integral formulation leads to well-posed structural problems. Solution uniqueness and continuous dependence on data are thus ensured.