International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems

K. Badari Narayana ¹

Affiliations
1 Aerostructures Group, Goodrich Aerospace Services Private Limited, Bangalore, IN

Abstract

The focus of this technical note is to formulate and validate the process of thermal strain analogy for modelling structures with surface bonded piezoelectric actuators/sensors using any commercially available FEM codes.

Keywords

Piezoelectric, Thermal Strain, Finite Element, Smart Structures, Micro-Robot.

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