Design of a piezoelectric actuator and compliant mechanism combination for maximum energy efficiency

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1421-1430

  Abdalla, Mostafa ^a   Frecker, Mary ^b   Gürdal, Zafer ^c,d   Johnson, Terrence ^b   Lindner, Douglas K ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RATING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TOPOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CANTILEVER SYMMETRICAL; FRAME ELEMENTS;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 28344440089     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/6/035     Document Type: Article

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