Elastic medium and torsional spring effects on the nonlocal dynamic of functionally graded porous nanotubes

Abstract In this study, Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory that applies the small size effects in functionally graded porous nanotubes embedded in an elastic matrix is discussed. The material properties of functionally graded porous nanotubes are taken into account to vary over the radius direction with a rule of mixture. The free torsional vibration relation according to nonlocal elasticity theory, via Hamilton’s principle, is obtained and an eigenvalue solution is constructed for the free torsional vibration response of the presented work. The presented analytical model is validated by comparing the calculated mathematical results for homogeneous nanotubes with rigid and non-rigid boundary conditions. Special attention is given to deformable boundary conditions, porosity coefficient, material grading coefficient and also to the influence of elastic medium on the free torsional vibration frequencies. In this paper, it has been proven that the influence of length, elastic medium, elastic torsional spring rigidities, material grading and porosity coefficients on the vary in the torsional vibration frequency of the functionally graded nanotube is not small.