Tip deflection and blocking force of soft PZT-based cantilever RAINBOW actuators

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-110

  Wang, Qing Ming ^a,b   Eric Cross, L ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

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EID: 0000777491     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01729.x     Document Type: Article

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