Institute of Fundamental Technological Research

The current investigation deals with an analytical formulation and solution procedure for the thermal stability characteristics of piezomagnetic nano-sensors and nano-actuators considering the flexomagnetic effects and geometrical imperfection. Piezo-flexomagnetic nano-plate strips with the mid-plane initial rise are subjected to external uniform, linear, and nonlinear temperature rise loading across the thickness. The nonlinear size-dependent governing equations are derived within the framework of the first-order shear deformation plate theory, nonlocal strain gradient theory and considering the nonlinear von- Kármán strains. The proposed closed-form solutions and the obtained results are validated with the available data in the literature. The calculated buckling and post-buckling temperatures of piezo-flexomagnetic nano-plate strips are shown to be dependent on several factors including the scaling parameters, plate slenderness ratio, mid-plane initial rise, different temperature distributions, and scalar magnetic potential. The presented closed-form solutions and numerical results can serve as benchmarks for future analyses of piezo-flexomagnetic nano-sensors and nano-actuators.

Thermal buckling and post-buckling, Closed-form solution, Piezo-flexomagnetic plate strip, Size-dependent theories, Mid-plane initial rise