Modeling of initially curved beam structures for design of multistable MEMS

Conference Paper (2009)
Author(s)

MD Williams (TU Delft - Computational Design and Mechanics)

F van Keulen (TU Delft - Computational Design and Mechanics)

M Sheplak (External organisation)

Research Group
Computational Design and Mechanics
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Publication Year
2009
Research Group
Computational Design and Mechanics
Pages (from-to)
1-11
ISBN (print)
978-0-7918-3863-1

Abstract

This article describes a mathematical model and solution methodology for efficiently predicting the many equilibrium paths of an arbitrarily-shaped, pre-curved, clamped beam subjected to arbitrary dead loading.

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