Vibration of nanobeams of different boundary conditions with multiple cracks based on nonlocal elasticity theory

Abstract The aim of this paper is to study the free vibration of nanobeams with multiple cracks. The analysis procedure is based on nonlocal elasticity theory. This theory states that stress at a point is a function of strains at all points in the continuum. The nonlocal elasticity theory becomes significant for small length scale in micro and nanostructures. The effects of nonlocality, crack location and crack parameter are investigated on the natural frequencies of the cracked nanobeam. In this study, analytical solutions are given for cracked Euler–Bernoulli nanobeams of different boundary conditions.

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