Modelling of piezoelectrically actuated bistable composites

Materials Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1261-1263

  Giddings, P F ^a   Kim, H A ^a   Salo, A I T ^b   Bowen, C R ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuator; Bistable; Composite; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BI-STABLE COMPOSITE; BISTABLE; BISTABLES; COMPOSITE; MODELLING; MORPHING; SMART MATERIALS; SNAP-THROUGH; STABLE STATE;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 79953029708     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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