A stress gradient-enhanced piezoelectric actuator composite (GEPAC) with integrated ultrasonic NDE capability for continuous health monitoring

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Béchet, Antoine ^a   Berthelot, Yves H ^a   Lynch, Christopher S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gepac actuators; Ultrasonic nde; Ultrasonic piezoelectric waveguides

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELECTRODES; FREQUENCIES; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; WAVEGUIDES;

FATIGUE-INDUCED DAMAGES; GEPAC ACTUATORS; NDE; ULTRASONIC PIEZOELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 12844250098     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X05048042     Document Type: Article

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