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Nonlocal strain gradient continuum mechanics is a methodology widely employed in the literature to assess size effects in nano-structures. Notwithstanding this, improper higher-order boundary conditions (HOBC) are prescribed to close the corresponding elastostatic problems. In the present study, it is proven that HOBC have to be replaced with univocally determined boundary conditions of constitutive type, established by a consistent variational formulation. The treatment, developed in the framework of torsion of elastic beams, provides an effective approach to evaluate scale phenomena in smaller and smaller devices of engineering interest. Both elastostatic torsional responses and torsional-free vibrations of nano-beams are investigated by applying a simple analytical method. It is also underlined that the nonlocal strain gradient model, if equipped with the inappropriate HOBC, can lead to torsional structural responses which unacceptably do not exhibit nonlocality. The presented variational strategy is instead able to characterize significantly peculiar softening and stiffening behaviors of structures involved in modern nano-electro-mechanical systems.
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Financial supports from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) in the framework of the Project PRIN 2015 “COAN 5.50.16.01”—code 2015JW9NJT—and from the research program ReLUIS 2019 are gratefully acknowledged.
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Barretta, R., Faghidian, S.A., Marotti de Sciarra, F. et al. Nonlocal strain gradient torsion of elastic beams: variational formulation and constitutive boundary conditions. Arch Appl Mech 90, 691–706 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-019-01634-w
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