Functional behavior of ceramic multilayer actuators with inactive parts

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-255

  De Vries, J W C ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coverlayers; Internal electrodes; Modeling; Multilayer actuator; Piezoelectric charge constant; PLZT

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC PRODUCTS; CURVE FITTING; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; PALLADIUM; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SILVER;

ELASTIC CONSTANT; PIEZOELECTRIC CHARGE CONSTANT;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0039030635     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(98)00226-X     Document Type: Article

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