TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of surface energy on the non-linear postbuckling behavior of nanoplates
AU - Wang, K. F.
AU - Wang, B. L.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper studies the influence of surface energy (which includes the residual surface stress and surface elasticity) on the postbuckling behavior of nanoplates. The governing equations are derived by using the principle of minimum potential energy. Galerkin's method is employed to obtain the approximate postbuckling load of the nanoplates. The results show that the influence of surface energy on the postbuckling load of the nanoplates becomes increasingly significant when the thickness of the plate decreases. If the thickness of the nanoplates is larger than 20 nm, the influence of surface energy can be neglected. In addition, for nanoplates whose length to thickness ratio is smaller than 10, neglecting the shear deformation may yield significant error in predicting the postbuckling load. This study may be useful for the stability design of plate-like nanostructures in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) in nanotechnology.
AB - This paper studies the influence of surface energy (which includes the residual surface stress and surface elasticity) on the postbuckling behavior of nanoplates. The governing equations are derived by using the principle of minimum potential energy. Galerkin's method is employed to obtain the approximate postbuckling load of the nanoplates. The results show that the influence of surface energy on the postbuckling load of the nanoplates becomes increasingly significant when the thickness of the plate decreases. If the thickness of the nanoplates is larger than 20 nm, the influence of surface energy can be neglected. In addition, for nanoplates whose length to thickness ratio is smaller than 10, neglecting the shear deformation may yield significant error in predicting the postbuckling load. This study may be useful for the stability design of plate-like nanostructures in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) in nanotechnology.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/545683
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2013.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2013.04.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0020-7462
VL - 55
SP - 19
EP - 24
JO - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
JF - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
ER -