Closed-form relation to predict static pull-in voltage of an electrostatically actuated clamped-clamped microbeam under the effect of Casimir force

DOI10.1007/s00707-017-1843-2zbMath1369.74029OpenAlexW2605459449MaRDI QIDQ2400378

V. M. Bhojawala, D. P. Vakharia

Publication date: 1 September 2017

Published in: Acta Mechanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-017-1843-2

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Micromechanics of solids (74M25) Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics (74F15)

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Uses Software

• bvp4c

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