Optimal energy density piezoelectric bending actuators

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 476-488

  Wood, Robert J ^a   Steltz, Erik ^a   Fearing, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimorph; Composites; Microactuators; Piezoelectric actuators

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; STIFFNESS;

BIMORPH; ENERGY DENSITY; INTERNAL FORCES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

MICROACTUATORS;

EID: 17044431507     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.024     Document Type: Article

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