Finite element modeling of beams with surface energy effects

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Liu, C ^a   Rajapakse, R K N D ^b   Phani, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

beams; finite element method; nanotechnology; surface elasticity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BEAM ELEMENTS; BEAM STIFFNESS; BEAM THEORIES; BEAMS; BENDING STIFFNESS; BUCKLING LOADS; ELASTIC SURFACES; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT SCHEMES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MASS MATRICES; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOSCALE DEVICE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RIGOROUS SOLUTION; STATIC DEFLECTIONS; SURFACE ELASTICITY; SURFACE ENERGIES; TEST CASE; THICK BEAM; WEIGHTED RESIDUAL FORMULATION;

BUCKLING; ELASTICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STIFFNESS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79951992002     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003363     Document Type: Article

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