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Chapter 2. Basic Mechanics of Beam and Diaphragm Structures
2.1. Stress and Strain
2.2. Stress and Strain of Beam Structures
2.3. Vibration Frequency by Energy Methods
2.4. Vibration Modes and the Buckling of a Beam
2.5. Damped and forced vibration
2.6. Basic Mechanics of Diaphragms
2.7. Problems
Chapter 3. Air Damping
3.1. Drag Effect of a Fluid
3.2. Squeeze-film Air Damping
3.3. Damping of Perforated Thick Plates
3.4. Slide-film Air Damping
3.5. Damping in Rarefied Air
3.6. Problems
Chapter 4. Electrostatic Actuation
4.1. Electrostatic Forces
4.2. Electrostatic Driving of Mechanical Actuator
4.3. Step and Alternative Driving
4.4. Problems
Chapter 5. Capacitive Sensing and Effects of Electrical Excitation
5.1. Capacitive Sensing Schemes
5.2. Effects of Electrical Excitation-Static Signal
5.3. Effects of Electrical Excitation-Step Signal
5.4. Effects of Electrical Excitation-Pulse Signal
5.5. Problems
Chapter 6. Piezoresistive Sensing
6.1. Piezoresistive Effect of Silicon
6.2. Coordinate Transformation of Second Rank Tensors
6.3.Coordinate Transformation of Piezoresistive Coefficient
6.4. Piezoresistive Sensing Elements
6.5. Polysilicon Piezoresistive Sensing Elements
6.6. Analyzing Piezoresistive Bridge
6.7. Problems
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