Strength Distributions

Key Works

• “Predicting strength distributions of MEMS structures using flaw size and spatial density,” R.F. Cook, F.W. DelRio, and B.L. Boyce, Microsystems & Nanoengineering 5:49 (2019) 1-12.
• (Invited: Special Issue on Recent Advances in Micro, Nano, and Cell Mechanics) “Material Flaw Populations and Component Strength Distributions in the Context of the Weibull Function,” R.F. Cook and F.W. DelRio, Exp. Mechanics 59 (2019) 279-293.

Topical Works

• “High-throughput bend-strengths of ultra-small polysilicon MEMS components,” R.F. Cook, B.L. Boyce, L.H. Friedman, and F.W. DelRio, Appl. Phys. Letters 118 (2021) 201601.
• “Shoulder fillet effects in strength distributions of microelectromechanical system components,” F.W. DelRio, B.L. Boyce, J.T. Benzing, L.H. Friedman, and R.F. Cook, J. Micromech. Microeng. 30:125013 (2020) 1-11.
• “Strength distributions of silicon devices determined by wafer backgrinding,” R.F.Cook, Zenodo. (2020).
• “Determination of Ceramic Flaw Populations from Component Strengths,” R.F. Cook and F.W. DelRio, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 102 (2019) 4794-4808.
• “Etching process effects on surface structure, fracture strength, and reliability of single-crystal silicon theta-like specimens,” M.S. Gaither, R.S. Gates, R. Kirkpatrick, R.F. Cook, and F.W. DelRio, J. Microelectromechanical Systems 22 (2013) 589-602.
• “On the bending strength of single-crystal silicon theta-like specimens,” R. Kirkpatrick, W.A. Osborn, M.S. Gaither, R.S. Gates, F.W. DelRio, and R.F. Cook, MRS Communications 3 (2013) 113-117.
• (Invited-Outstanding Meeting Paper) “Deformation and fracture of single-crystal silicon theta-like specimens,” M.S. Gaither, F.W. DelRio, R.S. Gates, and R.F. Cook, J. Mater. Res. 20 (2011) 2575-2589
• “Strength distribution of single-crystal silicon theta-like specimens,” M.S. Gaither, F.W. DelRio, R.S. Gates, E.R. Fuller, and R.F. Cook, Scripta Mater. 63 (2010) 422-425.