Size-dependent piezoelectricity and elasticity due to the electric field-strain gradient coupling and strain gradient elasticity

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Liang ^a   Shen, Shengping ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

nanobeam; size dependent; Strain gradient; variational principle

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; MATERIAL LENGTH SCALE; NANO BEAMS; PIEZO-ELECTRIC STRUCTURES; SIZE DEPENDENT; STRAIN GRADIENT ELASTICITY; STRAIN GRADIENTS; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; NANOWIRES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84878818655     PISSN: 17588251     EISSN: 1758826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1758825113500154     Document Type: Article

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