Effect of shape factors and material property variations on modeling the response of thermal microactuators

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Atre, Amarendra ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive shape factors; Thermal microactuators

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONDUCTIVE SHAPE FACTORS; THERMAL MICROACTUATORS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33847259242     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.04.051     Document Type: Article

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