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Multipole BEM for the evaluation of damping forces on MEMS

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A procedure for the analysis of 3D Stokes flow around complex micro structures (MEMS) is developed with the aim of evaluating damping forces. First kind integral equations employing single layer potentials are utilized and the linear system stemming from their discretization is solved by a GMRES iterative procedure with multipole accelerators. Issues pertaining to the conditioning of the linear system are discussed with reference to the examples presented.

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  1. Department of Structural and Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico of Milan, P.za L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy

    A. Frangi

  2. Departmant of Structural Engineering, Politecnico of Milan, Milan, Italy

    A. Frangi

  3. Department of Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France

    A. di. Gioia

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Frangi, A., Gioia, A. Multipole BEM for the evaluation of damping forces on MEMS. Comput Mech 37, 24–31 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-005-0694-1

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