Investigation of size effect on the pull-in instability of beam-type NEMS under van der waals attraction

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 1718-1723

  Beni, Y Tadi ^a   Abadyan, M R ^b   Noghrehabadi, Aminreza ^c  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

MAD; Modified couple stress theory; NEMS; Size effect; Van der Waals force

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEMS;

DISPERSION FORCE; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MODIFIED COUPLE STRESS THEORIES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PULL-IN INSTABILITY; SIZE DEPENDENCY; SIZE EFFECTS; VAN DER WAALS ATTRACTION;

VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

EID: 80052922108     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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