... doubling, one-well, and two-well chaos, superharmonic resonances and on and off chaotic oscillations are found. 08 05 2009 04 03 2010 27 09 2010 27 09 2010 beams (structures) bifurcation chaos electrostatic actuators micromechanics oscillations resonance vibrations...

... to capture relevant micromechanics is impractical for large-scale structural systems. A more practical approach is to devise constitutive models for the overall behavior of individual joints that accurately capture their nonlinear and energy-dissipative behavior and to locally incorporate the constitutive...

... analyzes the statistical dynamics of a system composed of a large number of micromechanical masses with backlash and impacts. We conclude that, while individual dynamics of each element has an integer-order nature, the global dynamics reveal the existence of both integer and fractional dynamics. Often...