... compressors design engineering lead compounds membranes microactuators piezoelectric actuators microcompressor piezoelectric membrane axially driven model compression ratio stack actuator PZT lead zirconium titanate High compression ratio microcompressors are inherently useful...

... actuation in two directions have been demonstrated at the macroscale [( 7 )]. Many of the piezoelectric actuators that are relatively easy to fabricate at the macroscale are difficult or not currently possible at the microscale. Micromachining fabrication techniques can be used to bond multiple layers...

... design parameters during fabrication. The numerical models correlate well to the maximum deflection of the experimental devices. design engineering finite element analysis microactuators piezoelectric actuators microactuators piezoelectric modeling Piezoelectricity...

...Roelof Vos; Ron Barrett An overview of the development and application of post-buckled precompressed (PBP) piezoelectric actuators is presented. It has been demonstrated that PBP actuators outperform conventional piezoelectric actuators by relying on axial compression to counter the inherent...

...Rajesh Kudikala; Deb Kalyanmoy; Bishakh Bhattacharya Shape control of adaptive structures using piezoelectric actuators has found a wide range of applications in recent years. In this paper, the problem of finding optimal distribution of piezoelectric actuators and corresponding actuation voltages...

...P. R. Ouyang; W. J. Zhang; M. M. Gupta A mechanical amplifier is an important device, which together with a piezoelectric actuator can achieve motion with high resolution and long range. In this paper, a new topology based on a symmetric five-bar structure for displacement amplification is proposed...

... are also presented to illustrate the effect of damping, external spring stiffness, and driving frequency. The optimal topology of the compliant mechanism is shown to be dependent on the driving frequency, the external spring stiffness, and whether the piezoelectric actuator element is considered design...

... microfluidics flow piezoelectric actuators design engineering solar cells micro-optics finite element analysis 2 A variety of light driven microactuators have been studied and proposed for several applications, which include PLZT-based microactuators for microrobots ( 1 ), light-to-thermal...