The vibration characteristics of functionally graded porous nanobeam embedded in
an elastic substrate of Winkler–Pasternak type are investigated. Classical beam
theory or Euler–Bernoulli beam theory has been incorporated to address the
displacement of the FG nanobeam. bi-Helmholtz type of nonlocal elasticity is being
used to capture the small scale effect of the FG nanobeam. Further, the nanobeam is
assumed to have porosity, distributed evenly along the thickness throughout the
cross-section. Young’s modulus and mass density of the nanobeam are considered to
vary along the thickness from ceramic to metal constituents in accordance with
power-law exponent model. A numerically efficient method, namely the Hermite–Ritz
method, is incorporated to compute the natural frequencies of hinged-hinged,
clamped-hinged, and clamped-clamped boundary conditions. A closed-form solution
is also obtained for hinged-hinged (HH) boundary condition by employing
Navier’s technique. The advantages of using Hermite polynomials as shape
functions are orthogonality, a large domain that makes the method more
computationally efficient and avoids ill-conditioning for higher values of polynomials.
Additionally, the present results are validated with other existing results in special
cases demonstrating excellent agreement. A comprehensive study has been
carried out to justify the effectiveness or convergence of the present model or
method. Likewise, impacts of various scaling parameters such as Helmholtz and
bi-Helmholtz types of nonlocal elasticity, porosity volume fraction index,
power-law exponent, and elastic foundation on frequency parameters have been
investigated.