Nearly parallel vortex filaments in the 3D Ginzburg-Landau equations (Q1682507)

The main aim of this paper is the construction of some models for a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device by taking into account the thickness of the elastic plate and its dielectric properties. The authors compute the electrostatic force exerted on the elastic plate as the first variation of the electrostatic energy. This is different from the procedure used in the derivation of related models in the existing literature. The resulting force differs from those of others papers in that it involves additional terms accounting for the jump of the permittivity across the device. It should be noted that the present models incorporate a constraint accounting for the fact that the elastic plate cannot penetrate the ground plate. Other feature of this constraint is that it prevents the breakdown of the models when pull-in occurs. In these models, the authors consider the case when the thickness of the elastic plate vanishes. If the dielectric permittivity is of order one with respect to the thickness, then the reduced model does not retain any effects of the dielectric. It is performed the classical vanishing aspect ratio limit when the vertical dimension is much smaller compared to the horizontal ones. So, it is obtained an explicit formula for the electrostatic force in terms of the deflection.