Smart electrostrictive composite materials for actuators

N. Yu; T. Somphone

doi:10.1117/12.499595

24 April 2003 Smart electrostrictive composite materials for actuators

N. Yu, T. Somphone

Proceedings Volume 5116, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.499595
Event: Microtechnologies for the New Millennium 2003, 2003, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract

The classical laminated plate theory is modified in the present work to study the nonlinear electro-mechanical coupling in smart electrostrictive actuators. An iterative and a closed-form solutions are developed to estimate the mechanical and electrical response of electrostrictive laminates due to electrical and/or mechanical excitation. Both the numerical and the analytic schemes give almost identical solutions, which shows that a nonlinear coupling term in the constitutive relation of electrostrictive materials is insignificant.

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N. Yu and T. Somphone "Smart electrostrictive composite materials for actuators", Proc. SPIE 5116, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS, (24 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.499595

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