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Fluid-solid interaction in electrostatically actuated carbon nanotubes

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This paper deals with investigation of fluid flow on static and dynamic behaviors of carbon nanotubes under electrostatic actuation. The effects of various fluid parameters including fluid viscosity, velocity, pressure and mass ratio on the deflection and pull-in behaviors of the cantilever and doubly clamped carbon nanotubes are studied. Furthermore, the effects of temperature variation on the static and dynamic pull-in voltages of the doubly clamped carbon nanotubes are reported. The results reveal that altering the fluid parameters significantly changes the mechanical and pull-in behaviors. Hence, the proposed system can be applied properly as a nano fluidic sensor to sense the various parameters of the fluid.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

    Mir Masoud Seyyed Fakhrabadi

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Abbas Rastgoo

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Mohammad Taghi Ahmadian

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Mir Masoud Seyyed Fakhrabadi received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tabriz, Iran, in 2007 and 2009, respectively. Also, he received his Ph.D. in Nanomechnics Engineering from University of Tehran, Iran in 2013.

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Fakhrabadi, M.M.S., Rastgoo, A. & Ahmadian, M.T. Fluid-solid interaction in electrostatically actuated carbon nanotubes. J Mech Sci Technol 28, 1431–1439 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-014-0130-6

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