Actuators

User Stories

Micro-robots and airplanes with FEAMechanical Engineering:
Micro-robots and airplanes with FEA

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
A self-propelled, remote-controlled micro-robot revolutionizes heart surgery via more effective 'peep hole operations' - and the same technology also leads...

Model Examples

Piezoacoustic Transducer: A piezoelectric transducer can be used either to transform an electric current to an acoustic... Microresistor Beam: This example illustrates the ability to couple thermal, electrical, and structural analysis in one...
A Tunable MEMS Capacitor: In an electrostatically tunable parallel plate capacitor, the distance between the two plates... A Series of Biased Resonator Models : Silicon micromechanical resonators have long been used for designing sensors and...
Integrated Square-Shaped Spiral Inductor: This model considers a square inductor that is used for LC bandpass filters in... Thermal Expansion in a MEMS Device: This model analyzes the thermal expansion in a MEMS device, such as a...
Squeezed-Film Gas Damping in an Accelerometer: Squeezed-film gas damping is a critical aspect of many MEMS transducers... Heat Generation in a Vibrating Structure: When a structure is subjected to high frequency vibrations, a significant...
Computing Capacitance in a Comb Drive: Capacitive comb drives are commonly used both as actuators and position sensors.... Prestressed Micromirror: One method of creating spring-like structures or inducing curvature in thin structures is to...
Thermoelastic Damping in a MEMS Resonator: Thermoelastic damping, which arises when you subject a material to cyclic... Gecko Foot: In nature, geckos use dry adhesion forces to climb walls. They have inspired researchers to develop...
Deformation of a Thermomechanical Microvalve: Active microvalves are common components in microfluidic systems. In a... Simulation of a Microrobot, 2D version: In this example, one of the legs of a silicon micro robot is modeled in COMSOL...
1 2