Nonlinear tensile and shear behavior of macro fiber composite actuators

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 855-869

  Williams, R Brett ^a   Inman, Daniel J ^a   Schultz, Marc R ^a   Hyer, Michael W ^a   Wilkie, W Keats ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Material nonlinearities; Piezoceramic fibers

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MACRO FIBER COMPOSITES (MFC); MATERIAL NONLINEARITIES; PIEZOCERAMIC FIBERS; POISSON EFFECTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 2542496950     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998304040555     Document Type: Article

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