POSITIONING TEMPERATURE SENSORS IN CONFINED SPACES SUBJECT TO VARIOUS EXOGENOUS IMPACTS

Multi-scale Analysis of MEMS Sensors Subject to Drop Impacts

The effect of accidental drops on MEMS sensors are examined within the frame-work of a multi-scale finite element approach. With specific reference to a polysilicon MEMSaccelerometer supported by a naked die, the analysis is decoupled into macro-scale (at dielength-scale) and meso-scale (at MEMS length-scale) simulations, accounting for the verysmall inertial contribution of the sensor to the o...

A three-scale FE approach to reliability analysis of MEMS sensors subject to impacts

In this paper the effects of accidental impacts on polysilicon MEMS sensors are investigated within the framework of a three-scale finite element approach. By allowing for the very small ratio (on the order of 10−4) between the inertia of the MEMS and the inertia of the whole device, macro-scale analyses at the package length-scale are run to obtain the loadF. Fachin is currently with: Technolo...

Control of mechanical systems subject to impacts

Semiflexible chains in confined spaces.

We develop an analytical method for studying the properties of a noninteracting wormlike chain (WLC) in confined geometries. The mean-field-like theory replaces the rigid constraints of confinement with average constraints, thus allowing us to develop a tractable method for treating a WLC wrapped on the surface of a sphere, and fully encapsulated within it. The efficacy of the theory is establi...

Using PIDs in confined spaces.

The industrial environment has changed substantially since OSHA first defined confined space entry (CSE) regulation in the late '70s, and gas detection regulation has not kept pace. The standard four-gas monitor is simply insufficient protection from the many--now common--toxic gases and vapors that are major constituents or byproducts of modern industrial processes. Monitors that measure only ...