Analysis of Static Pull-in Instability and Nonlinear Vibrations of an Functionally Graded Micro-Resonator Beam

In This paper, the behavior of a functionally graded micro-resonator that is excited by thecombination of DC electrostatic force and AC harmonic force, Casimir force, the uniform temperaturechange is investigated based on the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory and the nonlinear von-Karman strain. Itis assumed that material properties follow exponential law distributions through the thickness direction.The principle of minimum total potential energy and the modified couple stress theory are used to derivethe nonlinear governing differential equation of micro-beam. Static differential equations are solvedby using the differential quadrature method. The effects of temperature change, material length scaleparameter and power distributions model on pull-in voltage are investigated. Applying perturbationmethod with multiple scales technique and numerical integration of the second order nonlinear ordinarydifferential equation, an approximation for the response of the micro-beam to the primary-resonanceexcitation is obtained.