Vibrations of Elastic Systems With Applications to MEMS and NEMS /

• Main Author: Magrab, Edward B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 184
• Subjects: Engineering.; Structural mechanics.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Mechanical engineering.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Structural Mechanics.; Mechanical Engineering.

This work presents a unified approach to the vibrations of elastic systems as applied to MEMS devices, mechanical components, and civil structures. Applications include atomic force microscopes, energy harvesters, and carbon nanotubes and consider such complicating effects as squeeze film damping, v...