Special Issue on the International Workshop of Piezolelectric Materials and Actuator Applications; Guest Editors: Aydin Dogan, Erman Uzgur, and Kenji Uchino
133-138
Fatigue induced effects on bipolar strain loops in PZN-PT piezoelectric single crystals
Metin Ozgul, Susan Trolier-Mckinstry and Clive A. Randall
139-144
Monolithic class IV type flextensional transducers
Anne-Christine Hladky-Hennion, A. Erman Uzgur and Robert E. Newnham
145-151
A design of a miniature ultrasonic pump using a bending disk transducer
Takeshi Hasegawa, Daisuke Koyama, Kentaro Nakamura and Sadayuki Ueha
153-158
Driving concepts for bundled ultrasonic linear motors
Maik Mracek, Tobias Hemsel, Thomas Sattel, Piotr Vasiljev and Joerg Wallaschek
159-165
Constitutive modelling of rate-dependent domain switching effects in ferroelectric and ferroelastic materials
A. Arockiarajan, A. Menzel and W. Seemann
167-174
Smart structures and their applications on active vibration control: Studies in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, METU
Melin Sahin, Fatih Mutlu Karadal, Yavuz Yaman, Omer Faruk Kircali and Volkan Nalbantoglu, et al.
175-185
Spatial control of a smart beam
Omer Faruk Kircali, Yavuz Yaman, Volkan Nalbantoglu, Melin Sahin and Fatih Mutlu Karadal, et al.
187-192
Piezoelectric actuator design for ultrasonically assisted deep hole drilling
C. Potthast, R. Eisseler, D. Klotz, J. Wallaschek and U. Heisel
193-196
Linear stepping ultrasonic motor
Jiamei Jin and Chunsheng Zhao
197-202
Characteristic matching between stator and rotor in standing-wave-type ultrasonic motors
Jiamei Jin and Chunsheng Zhao
203-208
Power output estimation and experimental validation for piezoelectric energy harvesting systems
Jens Twiefel, Björn Richter, Thomas Sattel and Jörg Wallaschek
209-214
Fundamental experiments as benchmark problems for modeling ultrasonic micro-impact processes
Jens Twiefel, Christian Potthast, Maik Mracek, Tobias Hemsel and Thomas Sattel, et al.
215-220
Pneumatic valve with a pressure regulator for bimorph type PZT actuator
S. N. Yun, Y. B. Ham, J. H. Park, H. J. So and I. Y. Lee
221-224
Multi-degree-of-freedom ultrasonic motors for mass-consumer devices
R. Bansevicius and V. Blechertas
225-229
Application of Ag–ceramic composite electrodes to low firing piezoelectric multilayer ceramic actuators
Mun-Seok Choi, Sung-Hoon Kim, Young-Hyeok Kim, Ill Won Kim and Soon-Jong Jeong, et al.
231-235
The square bar-shaped multi-DOF ultrasonic motor
P. Vasiljev, S. Borodinas, R. Bareikis and R. Luchinskis
237-241
Tactile tissue characterisation by piezoelectric systems
Ralf Stroop, David Oliva Uribe, Melisa Orta Martinez, Michael Brökelmann and Tobias Hemsel, et al.
243-249
Modeling of a cylindrical ultrasonic motor based on the single crystals
Hua Zhu, Laihui Luo, Chao Chen and Chunsheng Zhao
251-258
Analytical solution on the non-linear vibration of a traveling wave ultrasonic motor
Zhi-yuan Yao, Chun-sheng Zhao, Jin-song Zeng and Pei Zhou
259-264
Actuation performance analysis of piezo-composite unimorph actuator with d33 actuation mechanism of piezo-electric ceramic layer
Anh Kim Tran, Nam Seo Goo and Kwang Joon Yoon
265-270
Microcontroller based digitally controlled ultrasonic motor drive system
Güngör Bal, Erdal Bekiroglu, Ramazan Bayindir and Hasan Uzel
271-276
Investigation of omnidirectional piezoelectric actuator
P. Vasiljev, S. Borodinas, L. Vasiljeva, D. Mazeika and Seok-Jin Yoon
277-286
Ultrasonic motors: Their models, drives, controls and applications
Erdal Bekiroglu
287-292
Experimental investigation of input–output characteristics of a travelling-wave ultrasonic motor
Erdal Bekiroglu and Güngör Bal
293-300
A novel model of ultrasonic motors with effect of radial friction in contact mechanism
Chao Chen and Chunsheng Zhao
301-311
Piezoelectric actuators 2006
Expansion from IT/robotics to ecological/energy applications
Kenji Uchino
313-316
Dynamics of piezomaterials used in the optical systems
G. Bauriene, A. Fedaravicius and L. Patasiene
317-318
Erratum
Fatigue induced effects on bipolar strain loops in PZN–PT piezoelectric single crystals
Metin Ozgul, Susan Trolier-Mckinstry and Clive A. Randall