Design and modeling of an electrostrictive inchworm actuator

Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-586

  Suleman, A ^a   Burns, S ^a   Waechter, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Sensor Technology Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTRICTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TELESCOPES;

COMPUTER MODELS; SAFETY HAZARDS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 1842560239     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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