On the dynamic pull-in instability in a mass-spring model of electrostatically actuated MEMS devices

DOI10.1016/J.JDE.2016.11.037zbMATH Open1431.34059arXiv1603.02060OpenAlexW2963219808MaRDI QIDQ501627FDOQ501627

Authors: Gilberto Flores 

Publication date: 9 January 2017

Published in: Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this work we study the mass-spring system �egin{equation} ddot x + alpha dot x + x = - frac{lambda} {(1+x)^{2}}, label{e:inertia} end{equation} which is a simplified model for an electrostatically actuated MEMS device. The static pull-in value is $lambd{a}^{\ast }=frac427$, which corresponds to the largest value of $lambda$ for which there exists at least one stationary solution. For $lambda>lambd{a}^{\ast }$ there are no stationary solutions and $x(t)$ achieves the value $-1$ in finite time: {it touchdown} occurs. We establish the existence of a dynamic pull-in value $lambd{a}_d^{\ast }(alpha)in(0,lambd{a}^{\ast })$, defined for $alphain[0,infty)$, which is a threshold in the sense that $x(t)$ approaches a stable stationary solution as $toinfty$ for $0<lambda<lambd{a}_d^{\ast }(alpha)$, while touchdown occurs for $lambda>lambd{a}_d^{\ast }(alpha)$. This dynamic pull-in value is a continuous, strictly increasing function of $alpha$ and $li{m}_{alphaoinfty}lambd{a}_d^{\ast }(alpha)=lambd{a}^{\ast }$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02060

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zbMATH Keywords

MEMSquenchingdynamic pull-in valuemass-spring system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C37) Second-order semilinear hyperbolic equations (35L71) Free motions for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K25)

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