Integrated piezoelectric function in a high thermostable thermoplastic PZT/PEEK composite

High Temperature, High Power Piezoelectric Composite Transducers

Piezoelectric composites are a class of functional materials consisting of piezoelectric active materials and non-piezoelectric passive polymers, mechanically attached together to form different connectivities. These composites have several advantages compared to conventional piezoelectric ceramics and polymers, including improved electromechanical properties, mechanical flexibility and the abi...

Piezoelectric composite lattices with high sensitivity

Lattice structures are presented with a piezoelectric sensitivity, d, much larger in magnitude than that of material comprising the lattice ribs. Large sensitivity is achieved by using piezoelectric bimorph elements as ribs; these bend in response to electric input, giving rise to a much larger displacement than for axial elements. Complex electrical connectivity is helpful but not necessary; s...

Novel Thermoplastic Polyimide Composite Materials

Resolution composite shell with a layer of piezoelectric vibration analysis

In this paper, the vibration of composite cylindrical shell with piezoelectric layers in the interior and exterior surfaces is investigated. The composite shell without piezoelectric layers can be studied and compared the results with the results of other researchers, the cylindrical shell laminated with layers of piezoelectric vibration checked. The result is a three-dimensional elasticity equ...

A refined model for piezoelectric composite beams

This work presents and compares few simple one-dimensional models for the piezoelectric actuation and detection of beams. The 1D nature, which allows an easy embedding of the model in the classical Euler-Bernoulli beam equations, is obtained by adopting simplifying assumptions along directions of the cross-sectional plane. By changing such assumptions, different models can be built. Their valid...