Study on the Pull-In Instability of Gold Micro-Switches Using Variable Length Scale Parameter

Subject Areas : Engineering

M Fathalilou ¹ , M Sadeghi ² , G Rezazadeh ³ , M Jalilpour ⁴ , A Naghilou ⁵ , S Ahouighazvin ⁶

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University
4 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University
5 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University
6 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University

Received: 2011-04-01 Accepted : 2011-05-29 Published : 2011-06-30

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