Analysis of the manufactured shape of rectangular Thunder-type actuators

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1389-1406

  Aimmanee, S ^a   Hyer, M W ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMETALS; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOT PRESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SENSORS;

ADHESIVE BONDING; BIMETALLIC STRIPS; FERROELECTRIC DRIVERS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 10444263069     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/13/6/010     Document Type: Article

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