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Nonlinear dynamic behaviour of a cantilever microbeam actuated by a combination of DC and AC loading are investigated in presence of squeeze-film damping. A reduced order model formulated accounting for the nonlinearities of the system arising out of electrostatic forces and squeeze-film damping is numerically simulated to observe the large amplitude dynamic characteristics near primary and superharmonic resonances. The emphasis is on the significance of nonlinear damping in capturing the true dynamic characteristics of microsystems formulated as distributed parameter model. The damping nonlinearity is found to considerably affect the dynamics with a profound stabilising effect on the microsystem. Under the effect of large DC bias voltage, frequency–response curves obtained for different amplitudes of AC excitation exhibit local and global bifurcations. Response sensitivity to initial conditions is investigated near bifurcation points. Findings in the superharmonic resonance domain are emphasised.

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Microelectromechanical systems squeeze-film damping bifurcation nonlinear resonance dynamic pull-in

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Dynamics of nonlinearly damped microcantilevers under electrostatic excitation

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