Pull-in dynamics of an elastic beam actuated by distributed electrostatic force

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 5 B, Issue , 2003, Pages 1779-1787

  Krylov, Slava ^a   Maimon, Ronen ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RAFAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GYROSCOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURE;

DAMPING FORCES; ELASTIC BEAMS;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 1842731821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/vib-48518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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