Buckling shape of elastically constrained multi-layered micro-bridges

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 870-880

  Michael, A ^a   Kwok, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axial stiffness; Buckling; Micro bridge; Multi layered; Residual moment; Torsional stiffness

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS;

AXIAL STIFFNESS; MICRO BRIDGE; RESIDUAL MOMENT; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 34047182232     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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