Numerical Study of Microbeam with Geometric Discontinuity Under Electrostatic Load using Strain Gradient Theory

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

Hadi Hamidizadeh ¹ , Mahmoud Mousavi Mashhadi ² , Younes Mohammadi ³

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

Received: 2019-08-07 Accepted : 2020-02-02 Published : 2020-03-01

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