Dynamic Analysis of Electrostatic Microactuators Using the Differential Quadrature Method

Abstract EN

This work studies the dynamic behavior of electrostatic actuators using finite-element package software (FEMLAB) and differential quadrature method.

The differential quadrature technique is used to transform partial differential equations into a discrete eigenvalue problem.

Numerical results indicate that length, width, and thickness significantly impact the frequencies of the electrostatic actuators.

The thickness could not affect markedly the electrostatic actuator capacities.

The effects of varying actuator length, width, and thickness on the dynamic behavior and actuator capacities in electrostatic actuator systems are investigated.

The differential quadrature method is an efficient differential equation solver.