Nonlocal Thermal and Mechanical Buckling of Nonlinear Orthotropic Viscoelastic Nanoplates Embedded in a Visco-Pasternak Medium

Abstract

This paper discusses the thermal and mechanical buckling of simply supported and clamped orthotropic viscoelastic graphene sheets (nanoplates) embedded in a visco-Pasternak elastic medium. For this purpose, the nonlocal continuum mechanical model is employed with two-variable plate theory. The material of the present nanoplate is assumed to be orthotropic and viscoelastic. The modified nonlinear Kelvin–Voigt viscoelastic model is utilized to formulate the constitutive relations depending on the viscoelastic structural damping coefficient. Moreover, the visco-Pasternak elastic medium is composed of both viscoelastic and shear layers. The viscoelastic layer includes a set of dashpots and elastic springs connected in parallel. In accordance with the two-variable theory, two governing equations are derived via Hamilton’s principle. These equations are analytically solved for various boundary conditions to obtain the explicit solution for critical buckling temperature and buckling load. The present buckling load and buckling temperature both are compared well with the published ones in the literature. In addition, various numerical studies are thoroughly carried out, concentrating on the influences of the plate geometric, nonlocal parameter, structural damping coefficient, elastic foundation parameters, foundation damping parameter and boundary conditions on the critical buckling load and temperature of the nanoplates. The results show that the involvement of the viscidity of the nanoplate and viscoelastic foundation enhances the strength of the nanoplates and therefore increases the resistance of them to external loads.