Analysis of electrostatic MEMS using meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 949-962

  Batra, Romesh C ^a   Porfiri, Maurizio ^b   Spinello, Davide ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meshless method; Micro electromechanical systems; Pseudoarclength continuation method; Pull in instability

Indexed keywords

MESHLESS LOCAL PETROV GALERKIN (MLPG); MESHLESS METHOD; PSEUDOARCLENGTH CONTINUATION METHOD; PULL IN INSTABILITY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; ELECTROSTATICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON EQUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33749985496     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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