A Multibody-based Dynamic Simulation Method for electrostatic actuators
- Title
- A Multibody-based Dynamic Simulation Method for electrostatic actuators
- Author
- 배대성
- Keywords
- electromechanical coupling; multibody dynamics; recursive dynamics formula; electrostatic actuator; point charge; dynamic behavior
- Issue Date
- 2007-10
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Citation
- NONLINEAR DYNAMICS, v. 54, No. 1-2, Page. 53-68
- Abstract
- A numerical simulation method is developed to analyze the dynamic responses of electrostatic actuators, which are electromechanically-coupled systems. The developed method can be used to determine the dynamic responses of cantilever-type switches, which are an example of typical MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) devices driven by an electrostatic force. We propose the approach that adopts a point charge to deal with electric field effects between electrodes. This approach may be considered as a lumped parameter model for the electrostatic interactions. An advantage of this model may be the easy incorporation of the electrostatic effects between electrodes into a multibody dynamics analysis algorithm. The resulting equations contain the variables for position, velocity, and electric charge to describe the motion of the masses and the charges on the electrodes in a system. By solving these equations simultaneously, the dynamic response of an electrostatically-driven system can be correctly simulated. In order to realize this approach, we implement the procedures into RecurDyn, the multibody dynamics software developed by the authors. The developed numerical simulation tool was evaluated by applying it to cantilever-type electrostatic switches in many different driving conditions. The results suggest that the developed tool may be useful for predicting behaviors of electrostatic actuators in testing as well as in design.
- URI
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11071-007-9268-4https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/106911
- ISSN
- 0924-090X
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11071-007-9268-4
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES[E](공학대학) > MECHANICAL ENGINEERING(기계공학과) > Articles
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