TY - GEN
T1 - Enhancing the sensitivity of electrostatically actuated resonant switch for earthquake detection
AU - Ramini, Abdallah H.
AU - Younis, Mohammad I.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Enhancing the sensitivity of an electrostatically actuated resonant switch (EARS) for earthquake detection is investigated. The resonator is proposed to operate close to instability bands of frequency-response curves, where it is forced to pull-in if operated within these bands. By careful tuning, the resonator can be made to enter the instability zone upon the detection of the earthquake signal, thereby pulling-in as a switch. Such a switching action can be functionalized for alarming purposes or can be used to activate a network of sensors for seismic activity recording. By placing such a resonator on a printed circuit board of a natural frequency close to that of the earthquake's frequency, significant improvement on the detection limit of this switch is achieved. In this work, nonlinear Single-Degree-Of-Freedom (SDOF) and 2-Degree-Of-Freedom (2-DOF) models are used to simulate the performance of the switch concept.
AB - Enhancing the sensitivity of an electrostatically actuated resonant switch (EARS) for earthquake detection is investigated. The resonator is proposed to operate close to instability bands of frequency-response curves, where it is forced to pull-in if operated within these bands. By careful tuning, the resonator can be made to enter the instability zone upon the detection of the earthquake signal, thereby pulling-in as a switch. Such a switching action can be functionalized for alarming purposes or can be used to activate a network of sensors for seismic activity recording. By placing such a resonator on a printed circuit board of a natural frequency close to that of the earthquake's frequency, significant improvement on the detection limit of this switch is achieved. In this work, nonlinear Single-Degree-Of-Freedom (SDOF) and 2-Degree-Of-Freedom (2-DOF) models are used to simulate the performance of the switch concept.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2011-48597
DO - 10.1115/DETC2011-48597
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84863580515
SN - 9780791854846
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
SP - 235
EP - 243
BT - ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011
T2 - ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011
Y2 - 28 August 2011 through 31 August 2011
ER -