Design of a smart piezoelectric actuator based on a magnetorheological elastomer

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 504-510

  Zhou, G Y ^a   Wang, Q ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTOMERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; RHEOLOGY;

CHAIN-LIKE STRUCTURES; FIELD-INDUCED DEFORMATION; FREE VIBRATIONS; ZERO-FIELD MODULUS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 23444442194     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/4/007     Document Type: Article

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