Demonstration of optimizing piezoelectric polarization in the design of a flextensional actuator

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 471-480

  Gibert, J M ^a   Austin, E M ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Compliant mechanism; Optimization; Piezoelectric; Polarization; PZT

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PRODUCT DESIGN; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; FLEXTENSIONAL ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS (PZT); PIEZOELECTRIC POLARIZATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

EID: 34248666098     PISSN: 1615147X     EISSN: 16151488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00158-006-0052-8     Document Type: Article

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