On the static and dynamic response of electrostatic actuators

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-384

  Elata, D ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrostatic actuators; Pull in instability

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; INTEGRATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MOMENTUM EQUATIONS; PULL-IN INSTABILITY; PULL-IN PARAMETERS; STATIC STATES;

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 31144439285     PISSN: 02397528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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