Piezoelectric Ceramics: Principles and Applications
APC International, Ltd.'s textbook on the principles and applications of piezoelectric ceramics covers:
general principles of piezoelectricity and behavior of piezoelectric ceramic elements
fundamental mathematics of piezoelectricity
traditional and experimental applications for piezoelectric materials, and related physical principles for each application: audible sound producers, flow meters, fluid level sensors, motors, pumps, delay lines, transformers, other apparatus
introduction to single crystals, composites, and other latest-generation piezoelectric materials
Contents Introduction
piezoelectricity / piezoelectric constants
behavior / stability of piezoelectric ceramic elements
new materials: relaxors / single crystals / others
characteristics of piezoelectric materials from APC International, Ltd.
Generators
generators
solid state batteries
Sensors
axial sensors
flexional sensors
special designs and applications: composites / SAW sensors / others
Actuators
axial and transverse actuators: simple / compound (stack) / multilayer
flexional actuators / flextensional devices
applications for piezoelectric actuators
Transducers
audible sound transducers
generating ultrasonic vibrations in liquids or solids
Note: This is a 2nd edition to APC's textbook published in 2002. Updates in the 2nd edition reflect changes to APC's product lines and corrections outlined on the errata sheet distributed with the 2002 edition.
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