Piezoelectric Actuators
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2018) | Viewed by 32167
Special Issue Editors
Interests: piezoelectric actuators; ultrasonic transducers; micro-nano manipulations; nanopositioning; vibration control; soft robots
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Interests: MEMS; power harvesting; piezoelectric motor
Interests: piezoelectricity; ferroelectricity; crystals; ceramics; transducers
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Dear Colleagues,
Piezoelectric actuators exhibit the merits of high displacement resolution, quick response, simple structure, large power weight ratio, large thrust weight ratio, quiet operation, self-locking when power is off, no electromagnetic interference and so on. These merits make them good candidates for applications in systems with special requirements. For example, piezoelectric actuators have been successfully used in fields like biological manipulations, MEMS, measuring equipments, robots and space mechanisms. This Special Issue will comprise the state-of-the-art, latest advances and future trends in the field of piezoelectric actuators, ultrasonic motors, micro piezoelectric motors, nano positioning piezoelectric actuators, piezoelectric materials, piezoelectric micro jets, piezoelectric energy harvesting, ultrasonic transducers and ultrasonic-aided machining. Advances and trends in the new designs, mathematical modeling, computer simulations, optimization techniques, experiments and new applications are very welcome. Both review and special topic papers are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Yingxiang Liu
Dr. Siyuan He
Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
Piezoelectric/ferroelectric materials
Piezoelectric actuators
Ultrasonic motors
Micro piezoelectric motors
Nano positioning piezoelectric actuators
Piezoelectric micro jets
Piezoelectric Energy harvesting
Ultrasonic transducers
Ultrasonic-aided machining
Mathematical modeling for piezoelectric actuator
Computer simulation method for piezoelectric actuator
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