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Zichao Li¹, Farbod Alijani², Ali Sarafraz²

¹Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD, Delft, The Netherlands. z.Li-16@tudelft.nl.

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This study introduces an efficient method for designing nonlinear mechanical resonators by combining finite element (FE) models with optimization algorithms. The approach optimizes nanomechanical resonators for improved performance in sensing applications.

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Area of Science:

Mechanical Engineering
Computational Mechanics
Materials Science

Background:

Nonlinear dynamic simulations of mechanical resonators are crucial for device design.
Current methods using finite element (FE) based nonlinear reduced order models (ROMs) are computationally intensive.
Designing devices with specific nonlinear characteristics is inefficient due to manual parameter adjustments and suboptimal outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an integrated methodology for efficient design of nonlinear mechanical resonators.
To optimize the support design of nanomechanical silicon nitride (Si3N4) string resonators.
To demonstrate multi-objective optimization for practical nanoresonator design challenges.

Main Methods:

Integration of FE-based nonlinear ROM technique with a derivative-free optimization algorithm.
Optimization of high-stress nanomechanical Si3N4 string resonators with conflicting objectives.
Generation of Pareto frontiers to illustrate trade-offs between Q-factor and nonlinear Duffing constant.
Simultaneous optimization for power consumption, sensitivity, and response time in resonant sensing.

Main Results:

Successful optimization of nanomechanical resonator designs for enhanced performance.
Validation of numerical and experimental results for optimized resonator designs.
Demonstration of Pareto frontiers highlighting trade-offs in multi-objective optimization.
Achieved simultaneous optimization of multiple key figure-of-merits for resonant sensing.

Conclusions:

The presented methodology significantly accelerates the design of nonlinear mechanical resonators.
The approach enables the creation of resonators with tailored nonlinear characteristics.
This work facilitates the development of high-performance nanoresonators for diverse applications.