{"title":"Vibration analysis of functionally graded nanobeam in thermal environment","authors":"Chen Chen, Haowen Yan","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104471","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104471","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Functionally graded (FG) nanobeams, as a key application of functionally graded materials (FGMs), demonstrate unique thermomechanical properties that make them particularly suitable for Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) and other nanoscale applications. This study presents an analytical approach for investigating their vibration characteristics under linear and nonlinear temperature fields. The model integrates Euler–Bernoulli beam theory with nonlocal elasticity theory, thereby simultaneously capturing material gradation effects and size-dependent phenomena. A novel analytical framework is developed by applying the transfer function method (TFM) for the first time to the nonlocal Euler–Bernoulli beam model, enabling efficient analytical solution for natural frequencies. Unlike traditional numerical methods, the proposed method enhances computational efficiency and allows unified treatment of various boundary conditions. Numerical studies are conducted to comprehensively evaluate the effects of environment fields, constituent volume distribution, slenderness ratio, nonlocal parameters, and boundary conditions on the vibration behavior of FG nanobeams. The results offer valuable insights for the design and optimization of MEMS devices, thermally stressed aerospace components, and microscale biomedical structures operating in complex thermal environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104471"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144489417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Maxwell–Eshelby relation in the theory of 6-parameter elastic shells","authors":"Mircea Bîrsan , Milad Shirani","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104451","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104451","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, we first derive jump conditions in addition to the balance laws and boundary conditions for 6-parameter elastic shells with a discontinuity curve. Furthermore, we obtain Hadamard compatibility conditions that must be satisfied by strain measures in the presence of a discontinuity curve. By using energy-minimizing conditions (rank-one convexity conditions), we derive Maxwell–Eshelby relations that must be satisfied.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104451"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144472272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luca Parente , Daniela Addessi , Paolo Di Re , Cristina Gatta , Elio Sacco
{"title":"Micromechanical buckling analysis of soft lattice metamaterials accounting for randomly distributed imperfections","authors":"Luca Parente , Daniela Addessi , Paolo Di Re , Cristina Gatta , Elio Sacco","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104450","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104450","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper investigates the mechanical performances of soft lattice metamaterials composed of beam-like periodic arrangements. Particularly, the effect of geometric defects, caused by the manufacturing processes on the nonlinear buckling response, is analyzed with the final aim of artificially designing the imperfections to drive buckling loads and collapse shapes. To this end, the lattice structures are modeled as the assembly of shear-deformable finite element beams under nonlinear geometric assumption. Firstly, the linear buckling modes are evaluated with reference to the perfect ideal material and, then, these are used to construct the model of the imperfect lattice structures by applying an ad hoc procedure that accounts for the randomness of the geometric imperfections. Sensitivity analyses are performed to evaluate the influence of several factors, such as boundary conditions, scale effect, maximum imperfection size and buckling modes considered to generate the imperfect structures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104450"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144481266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giulio Sanna , Mario Pistis , Ivan Giorgio , Victor A. Eremeyev , Mario Spagnuolo
{"title":"New hinge design for fibrous metamaterial enables for filament 3D printing","authors":"Giulio Sanna , Mario Pistis , Ivan Giorgio , Victor A. Eremeyev , Mario Spagnuolo","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104452","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104452","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fibrous metamaterials exhibit remarkable mechanical properties. For their experimental study, additive fabrication is frequently employed. The main problem one faces, when trying to produce by 3D printing a specimen to test, lies in the realization of elements connecting the fibers. This has been achieved using selective laser sintering (SLS) techniques, but appears to be very hard to perform with other printing techniques, like the filament-based one. In this work, we show, within the framework of the particular class of fibrous metamaterials known as pantographic metamaterials, a novel design for connecting hinges specifically optimized for filament-based 3D printing. This has a first fundamental advantage with respect to SLS: filament printing is extremely cheaper and can be accessible nowadays to everybody. Moreover, this hinge design enables faster prototyping, broader customization, and greater reliability in fibrous metamaterial structures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104452"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144321224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adriano M. Goto, Wanderson V. de O. Monteiro, José Maria C. Dos Santos
{"title":"Experimental and numerical investigation of defect modes in periodic expansion chamber mufflers","authors":"Adriano M. Goto, Wanderson V. de O. Monteiro, José Maria C. Dos Santos","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104453","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Phononic Crystals (PCs) remain a prominent research topic in vibration and sound control. PCs are artificial materials constructed from a periodic arrangement of unit cells exhibiting high impedance variation. This periodicity can provide remarkable properties. For sound control problems, the expansion chamber muffler (ECM) can be analyzed as a PC structure when its acoustic performance is periodically enhanced, thereby promoting bandgaps. However, these properties may be affected by a disruption in periodicity, which occurs when some geometric parameters exhibit variation. Such disruption leads to the emergence of an additional mode within the bandgap region, referred to as a defect mode. The present study investigates the effects of periodicity disruption in an ECM structure and the influence of each geometric parameter of the ECM silencer. The two-dimensional transfer matrix (2D-TM) method is implemented to compute the response under geometric variations. Dispersion diagrams, transmission loss, and frequency response function curves are numerically evaluated and experimentally validated for multiple scenarios. The results show that the ECM is highly sensitive to certain geometric parameters, which can significantly influence the acoustic performance of these silencers due to defect modes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104453"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144290516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suhib Abu-Qbeitah , Konstantin Y. Volokh , Stephan Rudykh
{"title":"Energy-based versus stress-based material failure criteria: The experimental assessment","authors":"Suhib Abu-Qbeitah , Konstantin Y. Volokh , Stephan Rudykh","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104445","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104445","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous studies have reported fracture localization within the inclusions of 3D-printed staggered composites, despite their significantly higher strength compared to the matrix – a seemingly counterintuitive phenomenon. In this letter, we investigate whether material failure is governed by the volumetric energy of fracture rather than the maximum stress criterion. We perform experiments on the constituent phases of 3D-printed staggered composites to evaluate the validity of energy-based failure criteria. Our findings support the idea that the work of fracture, rather than strength, governs failure. Specifically, at relatively higher strain rates, the ability of the soft matrix to absorb more energy before failure suggests that fracture localization is driven by energy considerations rather than stress thresholds. This aligns with previous observations that inclusions may fail before the matrix despite their higher strength. More broadly, since engineering materials often exhibit a crystalline molecular structure where failure is dictated by the energy required to break atomic and molecular bonds, it naturally follows that the work of fracture – rather than strength – should serve as the primary failure criterion. Our results reinforce this perspective, offering a more physically grounded approach to predicting material failure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104445"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144271430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applicability of the Wöhler Curve Method for fatigue life assessment of metallic materials in low and extremely low cycle fatigue regime","authors":"Xiangqiao Yan","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104465","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104465","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this research, an attempt is made that, in low and extremely low cycle fatigue regime, applicability of the Wöhler Curve Method is examined by experimental data from the literature. The conclusion is that the Wöhler Curve Method is well suitable for fatigue life assessment of metallic materials in low and extremely low cycle fatigue regime.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104465"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144240528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inverse magnetostrictive properties of twisted Fe–Co alloy wire","authors":"Hiroki Kurita, Zhenjin Wang, Fumio Narita","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104467","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104467","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>One of the challenges of magnetostrictive energy harvesting materials is their low power generation performance. We hypothesized that twisting promotes easy movement of the magnetic wall during the magnetization process and improves the magnetostrictive properties of Fe–Co alloy wire. This study evaluated the inverse magnetostrictive properties of twisted Fe–Co alloy wires and the Fe–Co alloy wire integrated epoxy resin matrix composites using free and forced vibration and compressive tests. Contrary to the initial hypothesis, it was found that twisting relieves the residual stress introduced during the drawing of Fe-Co wires. This stress relief is believed to contribute to the improvement in permeability and magnetostriction. While annealing offers similar benefits, the simpler twisting process presents a promising alternative.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104467"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144313096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laser ultrasonic detection of defects in a regular tetrahedral lattice structure based on finite element modeling","authors":"Yibo Ren, Xuzhi Fu, Jinping Zhang, Yueyang Zhang, Yu Zhan","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104466","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104466","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lattice structures possess advantages such as ultra-lightweight, high strength, and high stiffness. However, they often exhibit defects during manufacture and service. Due to the complexity of their structure, detecting these defects can be challenging. Laser ultrasonic technology has emerged as a promising detection method, particularly suited for lattice structures. In this paper, a regular tetrahedral lattice structure model is established, and the finite element method is employed to analyze the propagation characteristics of laser-induced ultrasonic waves within the structure and investigate the impact of various defect types on these ultrasonic waves. Firstly, the thermodynamic coupling model for laser-induced ultrasonic waves in the lattice structure is established and the propagation rules of ultrasonic waves at different locations is discussed. Secondly, the models for different types of lattice structure defects are created and the effects of defect location and depth on ultrasonic wave propagation are analyzed. The results indicate that the modes of ultrasonic wave propagation in the upper sandwich plate are shear wave, longitudinal wave, and Rayleigh wave, while the ultrasonic wave propagation on the surface of the support rod is characterized as longitudinal wave. When the defect is present on the support rod, positioning the probe points directly above the defect on the support rod proves to be highly effective for detection. Furthermore, when cracks occur at the junction between the support rod and the upper sandwich plate, distinct reflected wave can be observed on the upper surface of the upper sandwich plate. Additionally, as the depth of the crack increases, the amplitude of the reflected wave progressively rises, exhibiting a nonlinear trend.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104466"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144279622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longitudinal wave propagation in coupled triple-layer mass–spring chains: Discrete and continuum models","authors":"E. Ghavanloo","doi":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104446","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.mechrescom.2025.104446","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wave propagation in coupled triple-layer mass–spring chains is investigated through discrete and continuum modeling approaches to address the underexplored dynamics of multilayered systems. A discrete model is formulated using Newton’s second law, and Bloch’s theorem is applied to obtain the dispersion relation. Complementing the discrete analysis, continuum approximations are developed using standard Taylor series expansions (up to sixth-order) and a non-standard Padé-based approach. Numerical comparisons demonstrate that the non-standard model achieves good accuracy across a broad frequency spectrum, while higher-order standard models (sixth-order) offer excellent improvements at the cost of complexity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49846,"journal":{"name":"Mechanics Research Communications","volume":"148 ","pages":"Article 104446"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144239903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}