Abstract:
The phenomenon of thermoelastic damping (TED) is a well-known mechanism of structural damping in which a vibrating thermoelastic structure obeys energy dissipation caused by the irreversible heat conduction in its volume. TED can be listed as common intrinsic losses and it cannot be controlled as easily as extrinsic losses thus this subject appears to be a very attractive research field. In this study TED of in-plane vibration of a functionally graded material (FGM) nano-plate has been studied based on the Eringen nonlocal theory. The effects of main parameters such as ambient temperature, length, and width of the nano-plate, the nonlocal parameter and the material gradient on the quality factor (Q) have been investigated. Also, the effect of different combinations of ceramic and metal in an FGM plate on increasing Q and subsequently reduction of the dissipated energy due to thermal effects has been illustrated.