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Exact analysis of two kinds of piezoelectric actuator

Han Rong and Shi Zhifei

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Two kinds of piezoelectric hollow cylinder actuator are studied in this paper. One is the expansion actuator and the other is the contraction actuator. Using the Airy stress function method, the analytical solutions of these two kinds of actuators are obtained based on the theory of piezo-elasticity. The solutions are compared with numerical results and good agreement is found. Inherent properties of these two kinds of piezoelectric cylinder actuator are presented and discussed. Findings have applications in the field of micromechanics and microengineering.


PACS

46.70.De Beams, plates and shells

07.07.Tw Servo and control equipment; robots

77.84.Lf Composite materials

46.25.Cc Theoretical studies

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Instrumentation and measurement

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 1 (February 2008)

Received 9 June 2007, in final form 11 October 2007

Published 3 December 2007



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