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Curvature of A Cantilever Beam Subjected to An Equi-Biaxial Bending Moment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

P. Krulevitch  and
G.C. Johnson
P. Krulevitch
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Center for Microtechnology, P.O. Box 808, L-222, Livermore, CA 94551, krul@llnl.gov
G.C. Johnson
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley, CA 94720, gjohnson@me.berkeley.edu
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Abstract

Results from a finite element analysis of a cantilever beam subjected to an equi-biaxial bending moment demonstrate that the biaxial modulus E/(1-v) must be used even for narrow beams.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 518: Symposium N – Microelectromechanical Structures for Materials Research , 1998 , 67
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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