A wide range of microelectromechanical systems (MEMSs) and devices are actuated using
electrostatic forces. Multiphysics modeling is required, since coupling among different fields …

Sponsored by the US National Science Foundation, a workshop on the boundary element
method (BEM) was held on the campus of the University of Akron during September 1–3 …

Two difficulties have long troubled the field theory of dielectric solids. First, when two electric
charges are placed inside a dielectric solid, the force between them is not a measurable …

Dynamic analysis of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is characterized by the
nonlinear coupling of electrical and mechanical domains. The nonlinear coupling between …

In this paper, new nonlinear dynamic properties of electrostatically actuated microstructures
[referred to as electrostatic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)] observed under …

This work proposes a domain adaptive stochastic collocation approach for uncertainty
quantification, suitable for effective handling of discontinuities or sharp variations in the …

This article presents the first application of the direct parametrisation method for invariant
manifolds to a fully coupled multiphysics problem involving the nonlinear vibrations of …

Ferroelectric perovskites are used in various transducer, memory and optical applications
due to their attractive properties. In these applications, the ferroelectric materials often have …

Thermoelastic dam** (TED) is an inherent energy dissipation mechanism in
micromechanical resonators which imposes an upper limit on the quality factor …

We present efficient computational methods for scattered point and meshless analysis of
electrostatic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Electrostatic MEMS are governed by …