Predicting the performance of a bistable micro mechanism using design-stage uncertainty analysis

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 127-134

  Wittwer, Jonathan W ^a   Howell, Larry L ^b   Wait, Sydney M ^a   Cherry, Michael S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FORECASTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

BISTABLE MECHANISMS; BISTABLES; DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONS; FORCE-DEFLECTION CURVES; JOINT CLEARANCE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATRIX NOTATION; MICRO MECHANISMS; SURFACE MICROMACHINED DEVICES; THERMAL ACTUATOR; TIME TO MARKET;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78249276900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-33262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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