Surface Stress Effect on the Vibrational Response of Circular Nanoplates With Various Edge Supports

2013 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ansari ◽  
R. Gholami ◽  
M. Faghih Shojaei ◽  
V. Mohammadi ◽  
S. Sahmani

The classical continuum theory cannot be directly used to describe the behavior of nanostructures because of their size-dependent attribute. Surface stress effect is one of the most important size dependencies of structures at this submicron size, which is due to the high surface to volume ratio of nanoscale domain. In the present study, the nonclassical governing differential equation together with corresponding boundary conditions are derived using Hamilton's principle, into which the surface energies are incorporated through the Gurtin-Murdoch elasticity theory. The model developed herein contains intrinsic length scales to take the size effect into account and is used to analyze the free vibration response of circular nanoplates including surface stress effect. The generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method is employed to discretize the governing size-dependent differential equation along with simply supported and clamped boundary conditions. The classical and nonclassical frequencies of circular nanoplates with various edge supports and thicknesses are calculated and are compared to each other. It is found that the influence of surface stress can be different for various circumferential mode numbers, boundary conditions, plate thicknesses, and surface elastic constants.

Author(s):  
R. Ansari ◽  
R. Gholami ◽  
M. Faghih Shojaei ◽  
V. Mohammadi ◽  
M. A. Darabi

This paper is aimed to investigate the size-dependent pull-in behavior of hydrostatically and electrostatically actuated rectangular nanoplates including surface stress effects based on a modified continuum model. To this end, based on the Gurtin–Murdoch theory and Hamilton's principle, the governing equation and corresponding boundary conditions of an actuated nanoplate are derived; the step-by-step linearization scheme and the differential quadrature (GDQ) method are used to discretize the governing equation and associated boundary conditions. The effects of the thickness of the nanoplate, surface elastic modulus and residual surface stress on the pull-in instability of the nanoplate are investigated. Plates made of two different materials including aluminum (Al) and silicon (Si) are selected to explain the variation of the pull-in voltage and pressure with respect to plate thickness.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Azizi ◽  
B. Safaei ◽  
A. M. Fattahi ◽  
M. Tekere

Due to size-dependent behavior of nanostructures, the classical continuum models are not applicable for the analyses at this submicron size. Surface stress effect is one of the most important matters which make the nanoscale structures have different properties compared to the conventional structures due to high surface to volume ratio. In the present study, nonlinear free vibrational characteristics of embedded nanobeams are investigated including surface stress effects. To this end, a thin surface layer is assumed on the upper and lower surfaces of the cross section to separate the surface and bulk of nanobeams with their own different material properties. Based on harmonic balance method, closed-form analytical solution is conducted for nonlinear vibrations to obtain natural frequencies of embedded nanobeams with and without considerations of surface elasticity and residual surface tension effects corresponding to the various values of nondimensional amplitude, elastic foundation modulus, and geometrical variables of the system. Selected numerical results are given to indicate the influence of each one in detail.


2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianxiang Wang ◽  
Zhuping Huang ◽  
Huiling Duan ◽  
Shouwen Yu ◽  
Xiqiao Feng ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 140-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ansari ◽  
R. Gholami ◽  
M. Faghih Shojaei ◽  
V. Mohammadi ◽  
S. Sahmani

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (15) ◽  
pp. 8335-8343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan R. Bzdek ◽  
Jonathan P. Reid ◽  
Jussi Malila ◽  
Nønne L. Prisle

Surface tension influences the fraction of atmospheric particles that become cloud droplets. Although surfactants are an important component of aerosol mass, the surface tension of activating aerosol particles is still unresolved, with most climate models assuming activating particles have a surface tension equal to that of water. By studying picoliter droplet coalescence, we demonstrate that surfactants can significantly reduce the surface tension of finite-sized droplets below the value for water, consistent with recent field measurements. Significantly, this surface tension reduction is droplet size-dependent and does not correspond exactly to the macroscopic solution value. A fully independent monolayer partitioning model confirms the observed finite-size-dependent surface tension arises from the high surface-to-volume ratio in finite-sized droplets and enables predictions of aerosol hygroscopic growth. This model, constrained by the laboratory measurements, is consistent with a reduction in critical supersaturation for activation, potentially substantially increasing cloud droplet number concentration and modifying radiative cooling relative to current estimates assuming a water surface tension. The results highlight the need for improved constraints on the identities, properties, and concentrations of atmospheric aerosol surfactants in multiple environments and are broadly applicable to any discipline where finite volume effects are operative, such as studies of the competition between reaction rates within the bulk and at the surface of confined volumes and explorations of the influence of surfactants on dried particle morphology from spray driers.


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