Pull-in behavior analysis of vibrating functionally graded microcantilevers under suddenly DC voltage

The present research attempts to explain dynamic pullin instability of functionally graded microcantilevers actuated by step DC voltage while the fringingfield effect is taken into account in the vibrational equation of motion. By employing modern asymptotic approach namely Homotopy Perturbation Method with an auxiliary term, high-order frequencyamplitude relation is obtained, then the influences of material properties and actuation voltage on dynamic pullin behavior are investigated. It is demonstrated that the auxiliary term in the homotopy perturbation method is extremely effective for higher order approximation and two terms in series expansions are sufficient to produce an acceptable solution. The strength of this analytical procedure is verified through comparison with numerical results.