Piezoelectric ceramic/metal bending actuators with functionally graded microstructures

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 423-425, Issue , 2003, Pages 399-404

  Li, Jing Feng ^a   Takagi, Kenta ^b   Yokoyama, Shohei ^b   Watanabe, Ryuzo ^c   Almajid, Abdulhakim ^c   Taya, Minoru ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Piezoelectric properties; PZT

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PLATINUM; SINTERING; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BENDING ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC ACTUATION; LEAD ZIRCONATER TITANATE; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITES; POWDER PROCESSING;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

EID: 0037701498     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.423-425.399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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