Catenoid in an electric field

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 212-230

  Moulton, D E ^a   Pelesko, J A ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary surface; Mean curvature; MEMS; Microelectromechanical systems; Minimal surface; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

AXIALLY SYMMETRIC; CAPILLARY SURFACE; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATION; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; EXTERNAL FORCE; MEAN CURVATURE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MINIMAL SURFACE; NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NONPLANAR GEOMETRY; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; STABILIZING EFFECTS;

DAMPING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MODELS; STABILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 67649382012     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070698579     Document Type: Article

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