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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/csm.2013.2.3.215

Pull-in instability of electrically actuated poly-SiGe graded micro-beams  

Jia, Xiao L. (College of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing)
Zhang, Shi M. (College of Mechanical and Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum-Beijing)
Yang, Jie (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University)
Kitipornchai, Sritawat (School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland)
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Coupled systems mechanics / v.2, no.3, 2013 , pp. 215-230 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper investigates the pull-in instability of functionally graded poly-SiGe micro-beams under the combined electrostatic and intermolecular forces and temperature change. The exponential distribution model and Voigt model are used to analyze the functionally graded materials (FGMs). Principle of virtual work is used to derive the nonlinear governing differential equation which is then solved using differential quadrature method (DQM). A parametric study is conducted to show the significant effects of material composition, geometric nonlinearity, temperature change and intermolecular Casimir force.
Keywords
functionally graded materials; micro-beam; pull-in instability; temperature change; Casimir force;
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