On the mechanical behavior of a functionally graded micro-beam subjected to a thermal moment and nonlinear electrostatic pressure

Composite Structures

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1516-1525

  Mohammadi Alasti, Behzad ^a   Rezazadeh, Ghader ^b   Borgheei, Ali Mohammad ^a   Minaei, Saeid ^c   Habibifar, Rahim ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrical; FGMs cantilever micro beam; MEMS; Pull in voltage; Static instability; Thermal

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTROSTATICS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MEMS; NANOCANTILEVERS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRICAL; MICRO BEAMS; PULL-IN VOLTAGE; STATIC INSTABILITY; THERMAL;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 79955480308     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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