Pull-In Instability of Electrostatically Actuated Nano-Beams Using the Nonlocal-Gradient Elasticity Theory

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A nonlocal-gradient elasticity beam model with two independent gradient coefficients based on the classical nonlocal elasticity theory and strain gradient theory is used to study the pull-in instability of electrostatically actuated nanobeams. The numerical results show that the pull-in voltage of nanobeams are affected by the small scale. And the two independent gradient coefficients play the different roles in it. This paper broadens the way of studying scale effect.

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