Pre-shaped buckled-beam actuators: Theory and experiments

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 186-192

  Seunghoon, Park ^a   Dooyoung, Hah ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistable actuator; Electromagnetic actuator; MEMS actuator; Pre shaped buckled beam

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTROPLATING; MAGNETIC ACTUATORS; MICROACTUATORS; MOEMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BISTABLE ACTUATORS; BUCKLED BEAMS; DIGITAL MICROMIRRORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS; FORWARD-AND-BACKWARD; MEMS ACTUATORS; PULSE ELECTROPLATING; SWITCHING CURRENTS;

MECHANICAL ACTUATORS;

EID: 55349131990     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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