Title :
Measuring the Strength of Brittle Microbeams Without Measuring Forces or Displacements
Author :
Hirshberg, Arnon ; Elata, David
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Mech. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
A new test device for measuring strength of brittle microbeams was recently proposed. This test device requires no measurement of applied forces or of deformation. In this work, the theoretical analysis that explains how the strength of microbeams may be deduced from the length of the remaining ligament of broken beams is presented
Keywords :
beams (structures); brittleness; mechanical strength; mechanical testing; micromechanical devices; brittle microbeams; broken beams ligament; strength measurement; Current measurement; Displacement measurement; Force measurement; Ligaments; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical factors; Mechanical variables measurement; Testing; Thermal stresses; Wrapping;
Conference_Titel :
Thermal, Mechanical and Multiphysics Simulation and Experiments in Micro-Electronics and Micro-Systems, 2006. EuroSime 2006. 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Como
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0275-1
DOI :
10.1109/ESIME.2006.1643990
