Thermo-Electro-Mechanical Analysis of a Curved Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Actuator with Sandwich Structure

Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2151-2170

  Yan, Zhi ^a   Zaman, Mostafa ^a   Jiang, Liying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bimorph; curved actuator; Functionally graded piezoelectric materials (fgpms); Sandwich structure; Thermal effect

Indexed keywords

AIRY STRESS FUNCTION; BIMORPH; DESIGN AND APPLICATION; ELECTRO-ELASTIC FIELDS; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED PIEZOELECTRIC; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL; LINEAR PIEZOELECTRICITY; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL LOAD;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 84877670896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma4122151     Document Type: Article

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