Flexure hinges for piezoactuator displacement amplifiers: Flexibility, accuracy, and stress considerations

Precision Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-10

  Xu, Wei ^a   King, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuator; Displacement amplifier; Efficiency; Elliptical hinge; Flexure hinges; Hinge profile; Motor; Piezoelectric; Right circular hinge

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HINGES; MOTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STRESSES;

ELLIPTICAL HINGE; FLEXURE HINGES; HINGE PROFILE; PIEZOACTUATOR DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFIERS; RIGHT CIRCULAR HINGE;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0030193744     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-6359(95)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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