TY - JOUR ID - 72264 TI - Effect of Length-scale Parameter on Pull-in Voltage and Natural Frequency of a Micro-plate JO - International Journal of Engineering JA - IJE LA - en SN - 1025-2495 AU - rezazadeh, Ghader AU - Rashvand, Kaveh AU - Madinei, Hadi AD - mechanical engineering, Urmia university AD - Mechanical Engineering, Urmia University Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 375 EP - 384 KW - Material length KW - Scale Parameter KW - Modified couple stress theory KW - Rectangular micro KW - Plate KW - Stability DO - N2 - This paper deals with the effect of the intrinsic material length-scale parameter on the stability and natural frequency of a rectangular micro-plate for two different cases; fully clamped and fully simply supported. A variational formulation based on Hamilton’s principle and the modified couple stress theory is used to obtain the nonlinear governing equation of a micro-plate incorporating the stretching effect. In the static case, the nonlinear governing equation is solved using the step-by-step linearization method (SSLM) and in the dynamic case, is integrated using fourth-ordered Runge-Kutta method. The static and dynamic pull-in parameters, limiting the stability regions of capacitive MEMS devices, are calculated and compared to those obtained by the classical theory. The numerical results reveal that the intrinsic size dependence of materials is more significant for smaller thicknesses and in this case, the stretching effect can be neglected. UR - https://www.ije.ir/article_72264.html L1 - https://www.ije.ir/article_72264_f527b57359d1be36ad47220a29d712e3.pdf ER -