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The flexural vibration of V shaped atomic force microscope cantilevers by using the Timoshenko beam theory
Author(s) -
Sadeghi A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
zamm ‐ journal of applied mathematics and mechanics / zeitschrift für angewandte mathematik und mechanik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1521-4001
pISSN - 0044-2267
DOI - 10.1002/zamm.201100100
Subject(s) - cantilever , stiffness , timoshenko beam theory , vibration , materials science , beam (structure) , sensitivity (control systems) , flexural strength , flexural rigidity , deflection (physics) , nyström method , optics , composite material , physics , acoustics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , electronic engineering , engineering , integral equation
The resonant frequency of flexural vibration for a V shaped atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever has been investigated using the Timoshenko beam theory. Generally, three different regions are considered for V shaped cantilevers, one region with constant cross section and height and two double tapered regions. In this paper, the effects of the different parameters on the non‐dimensional frequency and sensitivity to the contact stiffness have been studied. The differential quadrature method (DQM) is applied to solve the nonlinear differential equations of motion. The results show that the resonant frequency decreases when Timoshenko beam parameter or cantilever thickness increases and high order modes are more sensitive to it. The first frequency is sensitive only in the lower range of contact stiffness, but the high order frequencies are sensitive to the contact stiffness in a larger range. It is possible to increase the range of sensitivity to the contact stiffness by increasing the width ratio for the first mode. By increasing both height and breadth taper ratios the resonant frequency increases. The resonant frequency is sensitive to the width ratio and by increasing this ratio, the resonant frequency decreases, but critical contact stiffness increases and finally the variations of the height and breadth taper ratios and width ratio are affected on the sensitivity to the contact stiffness. We show that the sensitivity to the contact stiffness can be increased by the variations of height taper ratio and this matter has never been investigated formerly.