Buckling analysis of CNT-reinforced beams with arbitrary boundary conditions

Axial buckling characteristics of nanocomposite beams reinforced by single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are investigated. Various types of beam theories namely as Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, Timoshenko beam theory and Reddy beam theory are used to analyze the buckling behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced composite beams. Generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method is utilized to discretize the governing differential equations along...