Homotopy Analysis Method for Nonlinear Dynamical System of an Electrostatically Actuated Microcantilever

The homotopy analysis method (HAM) is employed to propose an approach for solving the nonlinear dynamical system of an electrostatically actuated micro-cantilever in MEMS. There are two relative merits of the presented HAM compared with some usual procedures of the HAM. First, a new auxiliary linear...

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Main Authors: Y. M. Chen, G. Meng, J. K. Liu, J. P. Jing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/173459
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Summary:The homotopy analysis method (HAM) is employed to propose an approach for solving the nonlinear dynamical system of an electrostatically actuated micro-cantilever in MEMS. There are two relative merits of the presented HAM compared with some usual procedures of the HAM. First, a new auxiliary linear operator is constructed. This operator makes it unnecessary to eliminate any secular terms. Furthermore, all the deformation equations are purely linear. Numerical examples show the excellent agreement of the attained solutions with numerical ones. The respective effects of applied voltage, cubic nonlinear stiffness, gap distance, and squeeze film damping on vibration responses are analyzed detailedly.
ISSN:1024-123X
1563-5147