Evaluation of length-scale effects for mechanical behaviour of micro-and nanocantilevers: I. Experimental determination of length-scale factors

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2011, Pages

  Tang, Chenzhi ^a   Alici, Gursel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; LENGTH SCALE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICRO INDENTATION; NANO-SIZED; NANO-SIZED SILICON; QUASI-STATIC;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); NANOINDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

NANOCANTILEVERS;

EID: 80051524369     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/33/335501     Document Type: Article

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