Electrostatic pull-in instability in MEMS/NEMS: A review

WM Zhang, H Yan, ZK Peng, G Meng - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2014 - Elsevier
Pull-in instability as an inherently nonlinear and crucial effect continues to become
increasingly important for the design of electrostatic MEMS and NEMS devices and ever …

Nonlinear mechanics of electrically actuated microplates

H Farokhi, MH Ghayesh - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The three-dimensional nonlinear mechanics and pull-in characteristics of a microplate-
based microelectromechanical system (MEMS) are investigated via a multi-degree freedom …

Bistable behavior of electrostatically actuated initially curved micro plate

L Medina, R Gilat, S Krylov - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2016 - Elsevier
The axisymmetric snap-through of an initially curved circular micro plate, subjected to a
distributed electrostatic force is studied. The analysis is based on a reduced order (RO) …

Double nanoplate-based NEMS under hydrostatic and electrostatic actuations

F Ebrahimi, SHS Hosseini - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2016 - Springer
Presented herein is a comprehensive investigation on the nonlinear vibration behavior of
nanoplate-based nano electromechanical systems (NEMS) under hydrostatic and …

Nonlinear behaviour of electrically actuated microplate-based MEMS resonators

MH Ghayesh, H Farokhi - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper is the first which examines the nonlinear dynamical characteristics of an
imperfect microplate-based microelectromechanical system (MEMS), taking into account …

Frequency response reduced order model of primary resonance of electrostatically actuated MEMS circular plate resonators

DI Caruntu, R Oyervides - … in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the amplitude-frequency response of soft AC electrostatically actuated
MEMS clamped circular plates. Alternating Current (AC) frequency is near half natural …

Effects of fractional viscoelasticity material of electrostatic micro-resonators on performances of delayed proportional-derivative control

PRN Tuwa, S Noubissie, P Woafo - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
A brief modelling of electrostatically actuated micro-actuator based on the Kelvin Voigt
viscoelastic model with fractional order derivative is derived. Then, the effect of the …

Investigation of the effects of residual stress on static and dynamic behaviour of an imperfect MEMS circular microplate

M Das, A Bhushan - Iranian Journal of Science and Technology …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, we theoretically present a detailed analysis of effects of residual stress on
static and dynamic behaviour of an electrostatically actuated imperfect circular microplate …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling strategies of electrostatically actuated initially curved bistable micro plates

L Medina, R Gilat, S Krylov - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Micro-and nanolectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) incorporating two-dimensional
structural elements such as plates and shells attracted significant interest in recent years …

A temperature-robust level-set approach for eigenfrequency optimization

M Pozzi, G Bonaccorsi, F Braghin - Structural and Multidisciplinary …, 2023 - Springer
The optimization of target eigenfrequencies is crucial for several engineering applications,
including dynamical systems. Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) used in time …