The free vibration characteristics of functionally graded micro-switches under combined electrostatic, axial residual stress and temperature change is investigated, with an emphasis on the effect of geometric nonlinea...The free vibration characteristics of functionally graded micro-switches under combined electrostatic, axial residual stress and temperature change is investigated, with an emphasis on the effect of geometric nonlinear deformation due to mid-plane stretching, the influence of volume fraction profile parameter and temperature change. The micro-switch considered in this study is made of either homogeneous material or non-homogeneous functionally graded material with two material phases. Taking the temperature-dependency of the effective material properties into consideration, the Voigt model is used to simulate the material properties of the FGMs （functionally graded materials）. The principle of virtual work is used to derive the nonlinear governing differential equation. The eigenvalue problem which describes free vibration of the micro-beam at its statically deflected state is then solved using DQM （differential quadrature method）. The natural frequencies of clamped-clamped micro-switches are obtained. The solutions are validated through direct comparisons with experimental results reported in previous studies. A parametric study is conducted to show the effects of geometric nonlinearity, material composition, temperature change and geometrical parameters for the natural frequencies.展开更多
基金Acknowledgments The research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No. 11402309） and the Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing （No. YJRC-2013-32）.
文摘The free vibration characteristics of functionally graded micro-switches under combined electrostatic, axial residual stress and temperature change is investigated, with an emphasis on the effect of geometric nonlinear deformation due to mid-plane stretching, the influence of volume fraction profile parameter and temperature change. The micro-switch considered in this study is made of either homogeneous material or non-homogeneous functionally graded material with two material phases. Taking the temperature-dependency of the effective material properties into consideration, the Voigt model is used to simulate the material properties of the FGMs （functionally graded materials）. The principle of virtual work is used to derive the nonlinear governing differential equation. The eigenvalue problem which describes free vibration of the micro-beam at its statically deflected state is then solved using DQM （differential quadrature method）. The natural frequencies of clamped-clamped micro-switches are obtained. The solutions are validated through direct comparisons with experimental results reported in previous studies. A parametric study is conducted to show the effects of geometric nonlinearity, material composition, temperature change and geometrical parameters for the natural frequencies.
