Quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwire

Due to microscale size and infinitesimal stiffness, the undesirable surface and external forces influence the mechanical behaviors of microstructures. It hinders MEMS functions, degrades reliability, and acts as a disturbance. Since MEMS functions based on microstructure mechanical behaviors, theref...

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Main Authors: Fazlar Rahman, M.A. Salam Akanda
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Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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description Due to microscale size and infinitesimal stiffness, the undesirable surface and external forces influence the mechanical behaviors of microstructures. It hinders MEMS functions, degrades reliability, and acts as a disturbance. Since MEMS functions based on microstructure mechanical behaviors, therefore, their quantification in microstructures is vital. However, the direct quantification is costly, difficult, and requires a controlled environment and unique experimental setups. Analytical assessment is also complex because of multi-physics involvement, nonlinearity of forces, and a lack of suitable mathematical models. Numerical analysis of microstructures is performed in the absence of all disturbance forces, whereas their influences cannot be eliminated during the experiment. This study aims to quantify the sum of disturbance forces in a microwire for the push-pull sliding motion against two opposite microprobes from the difference between experimental and numerical study and incorporating adhesive and electrostatic forces from literature for a single microprobe. The effect of the nonlinearity of surface forces is counted by iterating the initial difference of forces for which the numerically predicted contact force matches the experimental one. The sum of surface and external disturbance forces in the microwire is estimated to be 0.295 μN, including external disturbances of 0.177 μN. The predicted adhesive, electrostatic, and the sum of van der Waals, capillary, and hydrogen bonding forces are 0.118034, 0.02014, and 0.097894 μN, respectively. This study will help in quantifying disturbance forces in microstructures, like microbars, microrods, microplates, etc., and the appropriate design of MEMS devices.
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spelling doaj-art-615bb91c67cc46989eda9e5e416d61f02025-02-02T05:28:43ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-01-01112e41990Quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwireFazlar Rahman0M.A. Salam Akanda1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Corresponding author. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, BangladeshDue to microscale size and infinitesimal stiffness, the undesirable surface and external forces influence the mechanical behaviors of microstructures. It hinders MEMS functions, degrades reliability, and acts as a disturbance. Since MEMS functions based on microstructure mechanical behaviors, therefore, their quantification in microstructures is vital. However, the direct quantification is costly, difficult, and requires a controlled environment and unique experimental setups. Analytical assessment is also complex because of multi-physics involvement, nonlinearity of forces, and a lack of suitable mathematical models. Numerical analysis of microstructures is performed in the absence of all disturbance forces, whereas their influences cannot be eliminated during the experiment. This study aims to quantify the sum of disturbance forces in a microwire for the push-pull sliding motion against two opposite microprobes from the difference between experimental and numerical study and incorporating adhesive and electrostatic forces from literature for a single microprobe. The effect of the nonlinearity of surface forces is counted by iterating the initial difference of forces for which the numerically predicted contact force matches the experimental one. The sum of surface and external disturbance forces in the microwire is estimated to be 0.295 μN, including external disturbances of 0.177 μN. The predicted adhesive, electrostatic, and the sum of van der Waals, capillary, and hydrogen bonding forces are 0.118034, 0.02014, and 0.097894 μN, respectively. This study will help in quantifying disturbance forces in microstructures, like microbars, microrods, microplates, etc., and the appropriate design of MEMS devices.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025003706MicrowireMEMS devicesDisturbance forceAdhesive forceSurface forceContact force
spellingShingle Fazlar Rahman
M.A. Salam Akanda
Quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwire
Heliyon
Microwire
MEMS devices
Disturbance force
Adhesive force
Surface force
Contact force
title Quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwire
title_full Quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwire
title_fullStr Quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwire
title_full_unstemmed Quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwire
title_short Quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwire
title_sort quantification of external disturbance forces in sliding microwire
topic Microwire
MEMS devices
Disturbance force
Adhesive force
Surface force
Contact force
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025003706
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