Analysis of functionally graded and laminated piezoelectric cantilever actuators subjected to constant voltage

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Huang, D J ^a,b   Ding, H J ^a   Chen, W Q ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; LAMINATING; NANOCANTILEVERS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRESSES;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AXIAL FORCES; BEAM THEORIES; CONSTANT VOLTAGES; CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC DISPLACEMENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTEGRAL CONSTANTS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PLANE PROBLEMS; SHEAR FORCES; STRESS FUNCTIONS;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

EID: 58149479523     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/17/6/065002     Document Type: Article

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