Inclusion of piezoelectric polarization in the design of a flextensional actuator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5383, Issue , 2004, Pages 183-193

  Gibert, James M ^a   Austin, Eric M ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Compliant mechanism; Optimization; Piezoelectric; Polarization; PZT

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INCLUSIONS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; VECTORS;

ACTUATION; FLEXTENSIONAL ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC POLARIZATION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 8844266197     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.540155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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