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Effect of the amplitude of vibrations on the pull-in instability of double-sided actuated microswitch resonators

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This paper exhibits the effect of the amplitude of vibrations on the pull-in instability and nonlinear natural frequency of a double-sided actuated microswitch by using a nonlinear frequency-amplitude relationship. The nonlinear governing equation of the microswitch pre-deformed by an electric field includes even and odd nonlinearities with a quintic nonlinear term. The study is performed by a new analytical method called the Hamiltonian approach (HA). It is demonstrated that the first term in series expansions is sufficient to produce an acceptable solution. Results obtained by numerical methods validate the soundness of the asymptotic procedure.

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Original Russian Text © H.M. Sedighi, K.H. Shirazi, M. Changizian.

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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 159–168, March–April, 2015.

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Sedighi, H.M., Shirazi, K.H. & Changizian, M. Effect of the amplitude of vibrations on the pull-in instability of double-sided actuated microswitch resonators. J Appl Mech Tech Phy 56, 304–312 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021894415020169

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