An overview of composite actuators with piezoceramic fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4753 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 421-427

  Williams, R Brett ^a   Park, Gyuhae ^a   Inman, Daniel J ^a   Wilkie, W Keats ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPOSITE ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0036424822     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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