This paper investigates the distributed controllability of nonlocal Rayleigh beam. The mathematical problem is formulated as an abstract differential equation. It is shown that a sequence of eigenfunction of nonlocal Rayleigh beam forms Riesz basis. Based on Riesz basis properties and theory of abstract differential equation, it is proved that a vibrating nonlocal Rayleigh beam is approximately controllable under suitable distributed control force while it is not exponentially stable.
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