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Title: | Haptic sensing technology for MEMS design and manufacture | ||||||
Author: | Calis, Mustafa |
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0000 0001 3514 5582
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Awarding Body: | Heriot-Watt University | ||||||
Current Institution: | Heriot-Watt University | ||||||
Date of Award: | 2008 | ||||||
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This thesis presents a design methodology for MEMS that integrates Cosserat theory
into haptic sensing tec1mology. The Cosserat method is applied to the modelling of
MEMS in an effort to reduce the complexity of the modelling and to provide a more
accurate representation of stress in miniaturised devices. The approach developed uses
a new semi-analytical technique based on both power series expansion and a
multimodal approximate method. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed model,
our method is tested successfully with simple MEMS components and compared with
FEM and analytical solutions. Simple MEMS structures are implemented in a haptic
environment to check the feasibility of real-time simulation using this theory. A userfriendly
interface is also developed that allows the real-time display of simple MEMS
structures such as a cantilever microbeam, a microbridge and a plate undergoing loads
and the corresponding bending with force-feedback rendering and quantitative
deflections. None of the existing CAD software packages for Microsystems enable
real-time displays of accurate deflections.. Novel haptic implementations of surface
interactions, such as the Casimir effect, are also implemented which have the potential
to guide designers during the assembly process or to train engineers/scientists.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.490953 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
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