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S&M494 Letter Published: 2002 Force Sensing in a Multilayered Ceramic Actuator Using a Piezoelectric Ceramic Plate [PDF] Hideto Tanaka, Yuuta Matsuse and Tatsuo Fukami Keywords: piezoelectric effect, nonlinear characteristics, load detection, actuator, pressure sensor
A method of sensing the force of a multilayered ceramic actuator using a piezoelectric ceramic plate is described. The newly developed system consists of a mutually bonded piezoelectric actuator and a piezoelectric ceramic plate, which are interposed between nonlinear elastic elements. The graphical analysis suggested that a small signal superimposed on the driving voltage of the actuator makes it possible to detect the force and a subsequent experiment confirmed thus.
Cite this article Hideto Tanaka, Yuuta Matsuse and Tatsuo Fukami, Force Sensing in a Multilayered Ceramic Actuator Using a Piezoelectric Ceramic Plate, Sens. Mater., Vol. 14, No. 6, 2002, p. 347-352. |