Size-dependent pull-in phenomena in nonlinear microbridges

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 306-310

  Rahaeifard, M ^a   Kahrobaiyan, M H ^a   Ahmadian, M T ^a   Firoozbakhsh, K ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Microbridge; Modified couple stress theory; Size dependent behavior; Static pull in

Indexed keywords

BEAM MATERIAL; CLASSICAL THEORY; CONTINUUM THEORY; COUPLE STRESS THEORY; EULER BERNOULLI BEAM THEORY; LENGTH SCALE; MICRO BEAMS; MICRO-BRIDGE; MICROBRIDGES; PULL-IN; PULL-IN VOLTAGE; SIZE DEPENDENT; SIZE EFFECTS; STATIC PULL-IN; SUBMICRON SCALE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84655162197     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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