A theoretical response of the electrostatic parallel plate to constant and low-frequency accelerations

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Ki Bang ^a  

^a KB Lab   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; CONSTANT ACCELERATION; DAMPING FORCES; LOW FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; PARALLEL PLATES; PARALLEL-PLATE ACTUATORS; PULL-IN; PULL-IN VOLTAGE; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; THEORETICAL SOLUTIONS;

ACTUATORS; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 70350696191     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/11/115004     Document Type: Article

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