Static pull-in analysis of electrostatically actuated microbeams using homotopy perturbation method

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1032-1041

  Mojahedi, M ^a   Moghimi Zand, M ^a   Ahmadian, M T ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Robotics and Automation   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytic solutions; Homotopy perturbation method; MEMS; Static pull in instability

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; ANALYTIC SOLUTION; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; GALERKIN; HOMOTOPY PERTURBATION METHOD; MICRO BEAMS; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; MICROBRIDGES; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; NONLINEAR EFFECT; PULL-IN; PULL-IN INSTABILITY; STATIC DEFLECTIONS;

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 71849115697     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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