A large deflection model for the pull-in analysis of electrostatically actuated microcantilever beams

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 322, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 969-986

  Chaterjee, S ^a   Pohit, G ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS;

COMPREHENSIVE MODELS; ELECTRIC FORCES; ELECTROSTATIC MODELS; GAP SEPARATIONS; GEOMETRIC NON LINEARITIES; GROUND PLANES; HIGHER ORDERS; LARGE DEFLECTIONS; MICRO-CANTILEVER BEAMS; NON LINEARITIES; PULL-IN; REDUCED-ORDER MODELS; STIFFENING EFFECTS;

ELECTROSTATIC FORCE;

EID: 63549130933     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2008.11.046     Document Type: Article

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