Experimental performance evaluation of lightweight piezo-composite curved actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4699, Issue , 2002, Pages 315-322

  Park, K H ^a   Kim, Y B ^a   Kim, Y S ^a   Park, H C ^a   Yoon, K J ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lightweight Piezo composite Curved Actuator; Piezoelectric wafer; Unimorph actuator

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LASER APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

LIGHTWEIGHT PIEZO-COMPOSITE CURVED ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0036030640     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.474989     Document Type: Conference Paper

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