Pull-in parameters of cantilever type nanomechanical switches in presence of Casimir force

Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-382

  Ramezani, Asghar ^a   Alasty, Aria ^a   Akbari, Javad ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Casimir force; Nanomechanical switches; Pull in parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549076956     PISSN: 1751570X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nahs.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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