High displacement ceramic metal composite actuators (moonies)
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ferroelectrics
- Vol. 156 (1) , 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00150199408215918
Abstract
The two most common type of piezoelectric actuators are the multilayer actuator with internal electrodes and the cantilevered bimorph actuator[1]. A new type of composite ceramic actuator is the multilayered multistacked moonie (multi-multi moonie). Normal multilayer actuators produce a large generative force, but only a small displacement. Conversely, bimorphs produce large displacements but the forces are very small. The moonie actuator combines the advantages of both, producing a large displacement as well as a reasonably large generative force.Keywords
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