Nonlinear Mechanical and Actuation Characterization of Piezoceramic Fiber Composites

The use of piezoelectric ceramic materials for structural actuation is a fairly well developed practice that has found use in a wide variety of applications. However, actuators with piezoceramic fibers and interdigitated electrodes have risen to the forefront of the intelligent structures community...

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Main Author: Williams, Robert Brett
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/11141
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04052004-095526