Ricerc@Sapienza

The nonlinear dynamic response of carbon nanotube (CNT)/polymer nanocomposite beams to harmonic base excitations is investigated asymptotically via the method of multiple scales. The hysteresis associated with the CNT/polymer interfacial frictional sliding is described by a 3D mesoscopic theory reduced via a uniaxial strain assumption for a beam in pure plane bending. Such reduction leads to a Bouc–Wen-like hysteretic moment–curvature relationship.

The nonlinear free vibration and principal parametric resonance of rotating beams are investigated taking into account the lagging-axial coupling motion due to Coriolis force. This work tackles analytically the problem of parametric resonances induced by periodic modulation of the angular speed. The nonlinear equations of motion are obtained via a direct Lagrangian formulation.