Design and fabrication of functionally graded PZT/Pt piezoelectric bimorph actuator
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In this article, a laminated piezoelectric bimorph actuator with a graded compositional distribution of PZT and Pt was fabricated, and its deflection characteristics were evaluated.About:
This article is published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.The article was published on 2002-03-31 and is currently open access. It has received 62 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Actuator & Piezoelectricity.read more
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3D free vibration analysis of a functionally graded piezoelectric hollow cylinder filled with compressible fluid
TL;DR: In this paper, the free vibration of an arbitrarily thick orthotropic piezoelectric hollow cylinder with a functionally graded property along the thickness direction and filled with a non-viscous compressible fluid medium is investigated.
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Fabrication and Evaluation of Porous Piezoelectric Ceramics and Porosity-Graded Piezoelectric Actuators
Jing-Feng Li,Jing-Feng Li,Kenta Takagi,Masaru Ono,Wei Pan,Ryuzo Watanabe,Abdulhakim Almajid,Minoru Taya +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a beam-shaped PZT actuator sample with a graded porosity content across its thickness was fabricated by sintering PFA-graded powder compacts.
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Fabrication and evaluation of PZT/Pt piezoelectric composites and functionally graded actuators
TL;DR: In this paper, the PZT/Pt composites with various compositions were fabricated by using powder processing, and their mechanical, dielectric, piezoelectric and elastic properties were evaluated with the purpose to develop actuators with functionally graded microstructure (FGM).
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Stochastic analysis of compositionally graded plates with system randomness under static loading
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the stochastic bending response of moderately thick, compositionally graded plates with uncertainties of low variability and subjected to lateral load and uniform temperature change and found that the response sensitivity of the plate is very much dependent on the material composition.
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An efficient finite element model for static and dynamic analyses of functionally graded piezoelectric beams
TL;DR: In this paper, a beam finite element based on a refined sinus model is proposed for static, free vibration and dynamic response of functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) beams using an efficient three-nodded beam element.
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Operational principle, fabrication and displacement characteristics of a functionally gradient piezoelectric ceramic actuator
Xinhua Zhu,Zhongyan Meng +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the bending displacement at the free end of a functionally gradient material (FGM) actuator and the FGM coefficient of the sandwich has been derived from the structure of an FGM actuator.
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Analysis of out-of-plane displacement and stress field in a piezocomposite plate with functionally graded microstructure
TL;DR: In this article, a modified classical lamination theory (CLT) was developed to account for piezoelectric coupling terms under applied electric field, which is capable of predicting the stress field and out-of-plane displacement of laminated PDE layers.
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Design of a smart functionally graded thermopiezoelectric composite structure
TL;DR: In this paper, a smart functionally graded thermopiezoelectric composite structure is analyzed, which consists of three layers: one layer of metal, another layer of PZT material, and a graded metal/PZT layer between the metal layer and the PZt layer.
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Electrical and mechanical properties of piezoelectric ceramic/metal composites in the Pb(Zr, Ti)O3/Pt system
TL;DR: In this paper, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) and platinum (Pt) particulate composites were fabricated by power processing, and the electrical and mechanical properties of the PZT-Pt composite were measured as a function of the Pt volume fraction.
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