Abstract
Plates of the piezoelectric ceramic lead zirconate titanate of thickness approximately 150 mu m adhesively bonded to beryllium copper plates of comparable thickness form so-called bimorph elements. The electromechanical behaviour of such elements is studied under quasistatic conditions. Features dealt with include electrical poling, hysteresis behaviour, transverse and longitudinal mechanical strain. A theoretical treatment is given and used to interpret the measurements.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 017 |
| Pages (from-to) | 979-989 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1978 |