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Nicolae Herisanu1,2, Bogdan Marinca3, Vasile Marinca1,2
1Department of Mechanics and Strength of Materials, University Politehnica Timisoara, 300222 Timișoara, Romania.
Abstract:
This study proposes an investigation into the nonlinear vibration of a simply supported, flexible, uniform microbeam associated with its curvature considering the mechanical impact, the electromagnetic actuation, the nonlinear Winkler-Pasternak foundation, and the longitudinal magnetic field. The governing differential equations and the boundary conditions are modeled within the framework of a Euler-Bernoulli beam considering an element of the length of the beam at rest and using the second-order approximation of the deflected beam and the Galerkin-Bubnov procedure. In this work, we present a novel characterization of the microbeam and a novel method to solve the nonlinear vibration of the microactuator. The resulting equation of this complex problem is studied using the Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method, employing some auxiliary functions derived from the terms that appear in the equation of motion. An explicit closed-form analytical solution is proposed, proving that our procedure is a powerful tool for solving a nonlinear problem without the presence of small or large parameters. The presence of some convergence-control parameters assures the rapid convergence of the solutions. These parameters are evaluated using some rigorous mathematical procedures. The present approach is very accurate and easy to implement, even for complicated nonlinear problems. The local stability near the primary resonance is studied.
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