Bounds to the pull-in voltage of a MEMS/NEMS beam with surface elasticity

DOI10.1016/j.apm.2020.10.031zbMath1481.74185OpenAlexW3096604504MaRDI QIDQ2056664

Giovanni Bianchi, Andrea Nobili, Enrico Radi

Publication date: 8 December 2021

Published in: Applied Mathematical Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2020.10.031

zbMATH Keywords

surface elasticityNEMSpull-in instabilityelectro-mechanical nano-switch

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics (74F15)

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