Thermo-electro-mechanical performance of piezoelectric stack actuators for fuel injector applications

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-399

  Senousy, M S ^a   Li, F X ^a   Mumford, D ^b   Gadala, M ^a   Rajapakse, R K N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WESTPORT INNOVATIONS INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actuators; Fuel injectors; Piezoelectricity; Stroke; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISTRICT HEATING; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; JET PUMPS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PYROELECTRICITY; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

AC DRIVES; AC DRIVINGS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELDS; DC OFFSETS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES; DRIVING CONDITIONS; DRIVING FIELDS; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; DUTY CYCLES; ELECTRO MECHANICALS; FUEL INJECTORS; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATES; MINIMAL EFFECTS; ON DYNAMICS; PIEZOELECTRIC STACK ACTUATORS; PRELOAD; QUASI STATICS; QUICK RESPONSE; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; STACK ACTUATORS; STROKE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TEST APPARATUS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 60849106678     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X08095030     Document Type: Article

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