Fabrication and high durability of functionally graded piezoelectric bending actuators

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-121

  Qiu, Jinhao ^a   Tani, Junji ^a   Ueno, Toshiyuki ^a   Morita, Teppei ^a   Takahashi, Hirofumi ^b   Du, Hejun ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fuji Ceramics Corporation   (Japan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PERMITTIVITY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED PIEZOELECTRIC BENDING ACTUATOR; INTERNAL STRESS DISTRIBUTION; PIEZOELECTRIC CONSTANT;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 0037331608     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/12/1/313     Document Type: Article

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