On the nonlinear mechanics of layered microcantilevers

The nonlinear mechanics of three-layered microcantilevers under base excitation is investigated numerically. Employing the modified version of the couple stress-based theory, together with the Bernoulli-Euler beam theory, the potential energy of the three-layered microsystem is derived, while accounting for size effects. Obtaining the kinetic energy, the equations of motion in the longitudinal and transverse directions are derived via Hamilton's...