Distributed multi-flexoelectric actuation and control of plates

• Main Authors: Mu, Fan, Zhongmin, Xiao, Hornsen, Tzou
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Aeronautical engineering; Electric Field; Electrode
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151839
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To alleviate the flexoelectric stress concentration, an elastic rectangular plate actuated by multiple flexoelectric actuators is evaluated in this study. A line electrode placed on top of a flexoelectric patch and coupled with a bottom surface electrode layer can generate an inhomogeneous electric...