Residual stiffness and actuation properties of piezoelectric composites: Theory and experiment

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 724-737

  Hagood, Nesbitt W ^a   Pizzochero, Alessandro ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

ACTUATION PROPERTIES; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES; RESIDUAL STIFFNESS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0031224552     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X9700800902     Document Type: Article

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