Free vibration of nanobeams with surface and dynamic flexoelectric effects

Peng Wang1, JiaWei Xu2, XiWen Zhang2

  • 1School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China. sdpengwang@163.com.

Scientific Reports
|December 5, 2024
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