Size-dependent pull-in phenomena in electrically actuated nanobeams incorporating surface energies

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 941-951

  Fu, Yiming ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analog equation method; Nanobeams; Pull in; Size dependence; Surface effects

Indexed keywords

ANALOG EQUATION METHODS; NANOBEAMS; PULL-IN; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; SURFACE EFFECTS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NANOWIRES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SURFACES;

EID: 77956155858     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2010.07.051     Document Type: Article

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