Electromechanical behavior of PZT-brass unimorphs

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1733-1740

  Li, Xiaoping ^a   Shin, Wan Y ^a   Aksay, Ilhan A ^a   Shin, Wei Heng ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ELECTROMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; THICKNESS RATIOS; UNIMORPHS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032631354     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb01993.x     Document Type: Article

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