Mechanical Behavior of an Electrostatically-Actuated Microbeam under Mechanical Shock

Subject Areas : Engineering

M Fathalilou ¹ , A Motallebi ² , H Yagubizade ³ , Gh Rezazadeh ⁴ , K Shirazi ⁵ , Y Alizadeh ⁶

1 - Sama Organization (Affiliated with Islamic Azad University), Khoy Branch
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Khoy Branch
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Urmia University
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Urmia University
5 - Sama Organization (Affiliated with Islamic Azad University), Khoy Branch
6 - Sama Organization (Affiliated with Islamic Azad University), Khoy Branch

Received: 2009-02-19 Accepted : 2009-04-25 Published : 2009-04-30

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