Design and analysis of an inertial-piezoelectric drive

• Main Author: Muhammad Nazir Mohamed Khamal.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Machine design and construction
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46133
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Miniaturisation in the last decades is researching into tools that can manipulate position micro-parts accurately and at large working range. A new technology referred to stick-slip actuators or inertial drive has been used for positioning in micro-manipulators. The inertial drive under this project...