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<journal-id>International Journal of Aerospace and Lightweight Structures</journal-id>
<publication_date>2012</publication_date>
<volume>2</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
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<doi>10.3850/S2010428612000372</doi>
<article-title>Analytical Approximations to Nonlinear Vibration of a Clamped Nanobeam in Presence of the
Casimir Force</article-title>
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<author>A. R. Askari<sup>1</sup> and M. Tahani<sup>2</sup></author>
<author-citation>Askari, A. R.; Tahani, M.</author-citation>

<aff><sup>1</sup>Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.</aff>
<email><a href="mailto:amaskari@gmail.com">amaskari@gmail.com</a></email>
<aff><sup>2</sup>Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.</aff>
<email><a href="mailto:mtahani@um.ac.ir">mtahani@um.ac.ir</a></email>

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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>In this paper, combination of the Galerkin decomposition procedure and Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM) is used to derive analytical approximate solutions for oscillatory
behavior of a nanobeam under the effect of the Casimir force. The model accounts for
the inherent nonlinearity of the Casimir force, and the geometric nonlinearity of mid-
plane stretching. It is found that stable equilibrium does not exist if the Casimir force
parameter defined in this paper exceeds its critical value and Casimir dynamic pull-in
instability has been accrued. Using numerical integration, the critical value of the Casimir
force parameter is also presented. Furthermore a parametric study investigated the effects
of design parameters such as applied axial loads and the aspect ratio of the nanobeam.
It is found that there is a linear relationship between critical value of the Casimir force
parameter and applied axial loading in constant aspect ratio of nanobeam and the value
of dynamic Casimir pull-in parameter is around 87% of the static counterpart. Additionally, the HAM is optimized to accelerate the convergence of approximate solutions.
The presented results are found to agree well with those obtained by the fourth-order
Runge-Kutta method as well as the available results in the literature for static pull-in
case.</p><p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Galerkin decomposition method, Homotopy analysis method, Casimir force, Static and dynamic pull-in instability.</p>
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