Electrostatic pull-in instability in MEMS/NEMS: A review

WM Zhang, H Yan, ZK Peng, G Meng - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2014 - Elsevier
Pull-in instability as an inherently nonlinear and crucial effect continues to become
increasingly important for the design of electrostatic MEMS and NEMS devices and ever …

A review on the application of modified continuum models in modeling and simulation of nanostructures

KF Wang, BL Wang, T Kitamura - Acta mechanica sinica, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Analysis of the mechanical behavior of nanostructures has been very challenging.
Surface energy and nonlocal elasticity of materials have been incorporated into the …

Size-dependent dynamic pull-in instability of vibrating electrically actuated microbeams based on the strain gradient elasticity theory

HM Sedighi - Acta Astronautica, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents the impact of vibrational amplitude on the dynamic pull-in instability and
fundamental frequency of actuated microbeams by introducing the second order frequency …

Coupling effects of nonlocal and surface energy on vibration analysis of nanobeams

MA Eltaher, FF Mahmoud, AE Assie… - Applied Mathematics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper is proposed to study the coupled effects of surface properties and nonlocal
elasticity on vibration characteristics of nanobeams by using a finite element method …

An exact solution for the nonlinear forced vibration of functionally graded nanobeams in thermal environment based on surface elasticity theory

R Ansari, T Pourashraf, R Gholami - Thin-Walled Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present investigation, an exact solution is proposed for the nonlinear forced vibration
analysis of nanobeams made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) subjected to thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Modified continuum model for stability analysis of asymmetric FGM double-sided NEMS: corrections due to finite conductivity, surface energy and nonlocal …

HM Sedighi, M Keivani, M Abadyan - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Finite conductivity, surface energy and nonlocal effect can influence the electromechanical
performance of micro/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS). However, these …

[HTML][HTML] Size dependent forced vibration of nanoplates with consideration of surface effects

A Assadi - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
In this article, an analytical method is presented to study the size dependent forced vibration
of rectangular nanoplates under general external loading using a generalized form of …

[HTML][HTML] On the forced vibration analysis of Timoshenko nanobeams based on the surface stress elasticity theory

R Ansari, V Mohammadi, MF Shojaei, R Gholami… - Composites Part B …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper aims to present nonlinear forced vibration characteristics of nanobeams
including surface stress effect. By considering the local geometrical nonlinearity based on …

Vibration and buckling characteristics of functionally graded nanoplates subjected to thermal loading based on surface elasticity theory

R Ansari, MA Ashrafi, T Pourashraf, S Sahmani - Acta Astronautica, 2015 - Elsevier
The buckling and vibration responses of nanoplates made of functionally graded materials
(FGMs) subjected to thermal loading are studied in prebuckling domain with considering the …

[HTML][HTML] Flow-induced and mechanical stability of cantilever carbon nanotubes subjected to an axial compressive load

R Bahaadini, M Hosseini - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, a modified nonlocal elasticity theory is used for flutter and divergence
analyses of the cantilever carbon nanotubes (CNTs) conveying fluid. The CNT is embedded …