Wave propagation in fluid-filled single-walled carbon nanotube on analytically nonlocal EulerBernoulli beam model

An analytically nonlocal EulerBernoulli beam model for the wave propagation in fluid-filled single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) is established. The governing equations with the nonlocal effects are derived on the variational principle, and used in the wave propagation analysis of the SWCNT beam. Compared with the partially nonlocal EulerBernoulli beam models used previously, the analytically nonlocal model presented in the present study predicts well the effects of the stiffness enhancement and the wave damping at the high wavenumber or the strong nonlocal effects area for the fluid-filled SWCNT beam. Though the analytical model is less sensitive than the partially nonlocal model when the moving velocity of the internal fluid is high enough, it simulates more of the high-order nonlocal effecting information than the partially nonlocal model does in many cases. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.