Surface loading and rigid indentation of an elastic layer with surface energy effects

With the growing interest in nanotechnology, it is becoming important to understand the nanoscale mechanics to achieve successful design and fabrication of nanoscale devices. However, the classical continuum theory is not directly applicable to the analysis of nanoscale domains due to size-dependent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhao, Xujun
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12598