Systematic design of displacement-amplifying mechanisms for piezoelectric stacked actuators using topology optimization

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 685-695

  Lau, Gih Keong ^a   Du, Hejun ^a   Guo, Ningqun ^a   Lim, Mong King ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

PIEZOELECTRIC STACKED ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0034260265     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104538900772663900     Document Type: Article

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