Electromechanical Properties of a Ceramic d31-Gradient Flextensional Actuator

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 996-1003

  Li, Xiaoping ^b   Vartuli, James S ^b   Milius, David L ^b   Aksay, Ilhan A ^b   Shih, Wan Y ^b   Shih, Wei Heng ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRESS; TRANSDUCERS; ZINC OXIDE;

CERAMIC GRADIENT FLEXTENSIONAL ACTUATOR; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE SYSTEM; TENSILE BENDING STRESS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0011236283     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb00781.x     Document Type: Article

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