The small length scale effect for a non-local cantilever beam: A paradox solved

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 34, 2008, Pages

  Challamel, N ^a   Wang, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; GRADIENT METHODS; LITHOGRAPHY; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PILE FOUNDATIONS; SOLUTIONS; SPEED; STRESSES;

ELASTIC BEAM MODELS; ELASTIC BEAMS; ELASTIC MODELING; EULER-BERNOULLI; GRADIENT MODELING; INTEGRAL MODELS; LENGTH SCALING; MICRO-ELECTRO- MECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); NANO BEAMS; NANO ELECTRO MECHANICAL (NEM) SYSTEMS; NON-LOCAL MODELS; POINT LOADS; SMALL SCALE; STRAIN VALUES;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOANALYSIS; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 48249093097     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/34/345703     Document Type: Article

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