Title: <title>Low-cost piezocomposite actuator for structural control applications</title>
Abstract:The design, manufacture, and testing of a low-cost, flexible, planar composite piezoceramic actuator device will be presented. The actuator uses interdigitated electrodes for poling and subsequent act...The design, manufacture, and testing of a low-cost, flexible, planar composite piezoceramic actuator device will be presented. The actuator uses interdigitated electrodes for poling and subsequent actuation of an internal layer of machined piezoceramic fibers. The fiber sheets are formed from monolithic piezoceramic wafers and conventional computer controlled wafer-dicing methods. The fabrication and use of fiber sheets allows precise handing and alignment of piezoceramic fibers during subsequent phases of actuator assembly. Test show that the actuator is capable of producing large, directional in-plane strains; on order of 2000 parts-per-million under a 4000 V peak-to-peak applied voltage cycle. Preliminary endurance testing indicates that the device is relatively durable, with no reductions in free-strain performance up to 90 million electrical cycles.Read More
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-06-12
Language: en
Type: article
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