Optimal design of 1-3 composite piezoelectrics

Structural Optimization

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Gibiansky, L V ^a   Torquato, S ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; VOLUME FRACTION;

NEGATIVE POISSON'S RATIO; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PIEZOCERAMIC RODS; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC POLYMER MATRIX;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 0031076008     PISSN: 09344373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01198372     Document Type: Article

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