Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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659134 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
An accurate theoretical model that quantifies the distribution of phonon density is indispensable for designing thermal resonators with high quality factor. This paper focuses on the modeling aspects of a generic cantilever structure excited thermally at resonance by applying Cattaneo-Vernotte hyperbolic heat conduction model. Critical analysis of the theoretical results revealed that the dynamic temperature oscillations at resonant frequencies are quantised wave responses whose characteristics ascribe to the quantum-mechanical behaviour of a particle inside a box. The theoretical predictions agree well with the experimental evaluation of the dynamic response of Al-SiXNY bimaterial cantilever structure excited electrothermally by a signal with constant power spectral density. An increase in Q by a factor of 4-5 was achieved either by increasing the resonant frequency for a given length scale or by decreasing the length scale when excited by a signal with a constant power spectral density. This will enable to design micro/nano scale resonant devices with improved performance.
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Authors
P. Srinivasan,