The effect of geometry on thermoelastic damping in micro-beam resonators is evaluated using an eigenvalue formulation and a customized finite element method. The vented clamped–clamped (CC) and clamped-free (CF) beams with square-shaped vents along their centerlines, are both analyzed by the finite element method. The quality factor and the resonant frequency are obtained as functions of variou...

Recent advances in MEMS fabrication technology have resulted in a proliferation of microscale mechanical devices, some of which are applied in environments with severe levels of shock. The objective of this paper is to investigate the use of experimental and simulation methods in quantifying the behaviour of representative MEMS devices subject to high-g impact stimuli. Representative micro-cant...

The lamina cribrosa (LC) is a tissue in the posterior eye with a complex trabecular microstructure. This tissue is of great research interest, as it is likely the initial site of retinal ganglion cell axonal damage in glaucoma. Unfortunately, the LC is difficult to access experimentally, and thus imaging techniques in tandem with image processing have emerged as powerful tools to study the micr...