On the partial differential equations of electrostatic MEMS devices II: Dynamic case

Nonlinear Differential Equations and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-145

  Ghoussoub, Nassif ^a   Guo, Yujin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global convergence; MEMS; Steady state; Touchdown points; Touchdown time

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149127457     PISSN: 10219722     EISSN: 14209004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00030-007-6004-1     Document Type: Article

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