Designing piezoresistive plate-based sensors with distribution of piezoresistive material using topology optimization

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Mello, L A M ^a   Takezawa, A ^b   Silva, E C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); COUPLING CONDITION; DESIGN GOAL; EXTERNAL LOADING; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; LAMINATED PLATE; LAYER-WISE THEORY; MATERIAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY; PIEZO-RESISTIVE; PIEZORESISTIVE MATERIALS; PIEZORESISTIVE MEMBRANE; PIEZORESISTIVE SENSORS; SENSOR SENSITIVITY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LOADING; MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION;

SENSORS;

EID: 84864252210     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/8/085029     Document Type: Article

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