Effect of surface stress on the natural frequency of thin crystals

Morton E. Gurtin, Xanthippi Markenscoff, R. N. Thurston

Applied Physics Letters · 1976 · 168 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

Within the framework of classical beam theory it is shown that a strain-independent surface stress has no effect on the natural frequency of a thin cantilever beam. Therefore, the experimental results of Lagowski, Gatos, and Sproles must have a different explanation.

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