Tailoring the performance of ceramic-metal piezocomposite actuators, 'cymbals'

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 228-237

  Fernandez J F ^a,b   Dogan, A ^a   Fielding, J T ^a   Uchino, K ^a   Newnham, R E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CERÁMICA Y VIDRIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ceramic metal actuators; Piezocomposites

Indexed keywords

CERMETS; ELASTIC MODULI; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PLASTIC ADHESIVES; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CERAMIC METAL PIEZOCOMPOSITE ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0032520317     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01668-3     Document Type: Article

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