On a fourth order nonlinear elliptic equation with negative exponent

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2034-2054

  Guo, Zongming ^a   Wei, Juncheng ^b  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electrostatic actuation; Fourth Order; Pull in threshold; Touch down

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATION; FOURTH ORDER; FOURTH-ORDER EQUATIONS; MAXIMAL SOLUTION; NON-LINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATION; PHYSICAL DOMAIN; PULL-IN THRESHOLD; SMOOTH DOMAINS; THREE DIMENSIONS; TOUCH-DOWN;

ACTUATORS; DAMPING; ELECTROSTATICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 70349218381     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070703375     Document Type: Article

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