Dual-stack piezoelectric device with bidirectional actuation and improved performance

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 565-574

  Heverly II, David E ^a,b   Wang, K W ^a   Smith, Edward C ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi directional actuation; Piezoelectric actuators; Piezoelectric stacks

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BANDWIDTH; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MOTION CONTROL; PIEZOELECTRICITY; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRESS;

BI-DIRECTIONAL ACTUATION; DUAL-STACK ACTUATOR; PIEZOCERAMIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC STACKS;

PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 3142705711     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X04044450     Document Type: Article

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