Summary of this week's activities:
7/28: Finished Y-Translational 4-Stack Analysis
"Tapered Cantilever" COMSOL tutorial
Tried (and failed) isolating gravity from oscillation
7/29: Developed tilt/rotation load combinations for torsional inputs and showed these to work in the model
Tried using Normal Vector mode on top plate to obtain output tilts; worked for the rectangular bar, but not for the full stack 
Talked to Jan about a 1st-order alternative to gravity - requires Weak Form (only found in COMSOL 3.5 right now)
Began Z-Translational 4-Stack Analysis -- Ran Overnight
7/30: Progress Report 1st Draft
Completed Z-Translational 4-Stack Analysis
8/1: Progress Report 2nd Draft
8/2: Progress Report 3rd Draft
Submitted Progress Report
8/3: Finalized Eigenfrequency Analysis for MC1/MC3 Stack 
24 Physical Eigenmodes plotted and recorded, as expected
Should be good enough for the final report --> focus on transfer function analysis for the remainder of the SURF
8/4: Prescribed Displacement Tests on Simple Rectangular Block --> shown to better produce displacement-displacement transfer functions
X-to-X Transfer Function seems much better when plotted
Should now be able to do the Displacement portion of Transfer Function Analysis on MC1/MC3 for Translational Modes
(I apologize that this update is a little late) |