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Enhanced Super-harmonic Resonance in Piezoelectrically Laminated Curved Microbeam Resonators Under Fringing-Field Electrostatic Actuation

Zahra Rashidi, Saber Azizi Azizishirvanshahi, Omid Rahmani

European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Start page: 105941

Swansea University Author: Saber Azizi Azizishirvanshahi

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.euromechsol.2025.105941

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Achieving low-frequency MEMS resonators while maintaining the compact size of MEMS sensors has long been a challenge in MEMS design and fabrication. This study focuses on the super-harmonic resonance regions and associated bifurcation points of a curved microbeam sandwiched between two piezoelectric...

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ISSN: 0997-7538 1873-7285
Published: Elsevier BV 2025
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title Enhanced Super-harmonic Resonance in Piezoelectrically Laminated Curved Microbeam Resonators Under Fringing-Field Electrostatic Actuation
spellingShingle Enhanced Super-harmonic Resonance in Piezoelectrically Laminated Curved Microbeam Resonators Under Fringing-Field Electrostatic Actuation
Saber Azizi Azizishirvanshahi
title_short Enhanced Super-harmonic Resonance in Piezoelectrically Laminated Curved Microbeam Resonators Under Fringing-Field Electrostatic Actuation
title_full Enhanced Super-harmonic Resonance in Piezoelectrically Laminated Curved Microbeam Resonators Under Fringing-Field Electrostatic Actuation
title_fullStr Enhanced Super-harmonic Resonance in Piezoelectrically Laminated Curved Microbeam Resonators Under Fringing-Field Electrostatic Actuation
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced Super-harmonic Resonance in Piezoelectrically Laminated Curved Microbeam Resonators Under Fringing-Field Electrostatic Actuation
title_sort Enhanced Super-harmonic Resonance in Piezoelectrically Laminated Curved Microbeam Resonators Under Fringing-Field Electrostatic Actuation
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description Achieving low-frequency MEMS resonators while maintaining the compact size of MEMS sensors has long been a challenge in MEMS design and fabrication. This study focuses on the super-harmonic resonance regions and associated bifurcation points of a curved microbeam sandwiched between two piezoelectric layers and subjected to fringing-field electrostatic actuation. The nonlinear equations of motion are derived, and the dependence of the electrostatic force on displacement is analysed using a finite element approach. The microbeam is excited by a combination of DC and AC electrostatic actuation, along with a tuning DC piezoelectric voltage. The influence of the piezoelectric voltage on the variation of the natural frequency under a given DC electrostatic excitation is examined. The frequency response curves are obtained over a broad excitation range, extending from below the primary resonance, through the super-harmonic regime, and beyond the primary resonance region. Bifurcation points are identified using Floquet multipliers. The results indicate that strong quadratic and cubic nonlinearities lead to the emergence of super-harmonic resonance zones of orders 1/2 and 1/3 in the frequency response, enabling the development of low-frequency resonators while retaining the advantages of MEMS-scale sensors. This effect is particularly significant in the design of MEMS energy harvesters, facilitating energy extraction from low-frequency mechanical noise. The simultaneous presence of nonlinearities of orders 1/2 and 1/3 and even higher orders generates multiple resonance zones within the super-harmonic regime, enabling the design of broadband low-frequency energy harvesters and MEMS wide-bandpass filters.
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