Design, modeling, and performance of a high force piezoelectric inchworm motor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3329, Issue , 1998, Pages 756-767

  Galante, Timothy P ^a   Frank, Jeremy E ^b   Bernard, Julien ^b   Chen, Weicheng ^b   Lesieutre, George A ^b   Koopmann, Gary H ^b  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; CLAMPING DEVICES; CONCRETE BRIDGES; FRICTION; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; MACHINE DESIGN; MOTORS; PHASE SHIFT; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

10 MICRONS; CLAMPING MECHANISMS; DESIGN EFFORTS; DYNAMIC FORCES; FORCE CAPABILITIES; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTHS; FRICTIONAL CLAMPING DEVICES; HOLDING FORCES; INCH-WORMS; INCHWORM MOTORS; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; LOADING CONDITIONS; LUMPED PARAMETER MODELS; MAXIMUM SPEEDS; PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS; PRECISION POSITIONING; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL SHAPES; TIME RESPONSES; VARIABLE FRICTIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 57649237926     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316945     Document Type: Conference Paper

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