Investigation of actuating displacement performance of curved actuator by large-scale computation

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 615-623

  Chung, Soon Wan ^a   Kim, Seung Jo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CURING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEET METAL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CURED CURVATURE ANALYSIS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DISPLACEMENTS; MATERIAL CONSTANTS; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 23444448920     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/4/020     Document Type: Article

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