{"id":243,"date":"2016-07-27T10:40:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T14:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1409.mae.ncsu.edu\/jiang\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2016-07-27T14:33:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T18:33:21","slug":"novel-piezoelectric-actuatorstransducers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mae.ncsu.edu\/jiang\/research\/novel-piezoelectric-actuatorstransducers\/","title":{"rendered":"Novel Piezoelectric Actuators\/Transducers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Piezoelectric structures are used in a variety of applications such as actuation and energy harvesting. Our work involves the investigation of novel actuator and energy harvester configurations to meet design requirements. Through intelligent use of the mechanical and material properties of the piezoelectric and passive materials, we have developed novel structural configurations to maximize desirable specifications in these transducers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mae.ncsu.edu\/jiang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/FlextensionalTransducer.jpg\" alt=\"FlextensionalTransducer\" width=\"280\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Dual-stage flextensional transducer (in collaboration with Dr. Tianbing Xu)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><a id=\"Reference\" name=\"Reference\"><\/a>References:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Xu, T., X. Jiang, J. Su. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mae.ncsu.edu\/jiang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/Xu-ApplPhysLett_98_243503-2011.pdf\">A piezoelectric multilayer-stacked hybrid actuation\/transduction system<\/a>&#8221; <em>Appl. Phys. Lett.<\/em>98 (24), 2011<\/li>\n<li>Xu, T., X.N. Jiang, J. Su, P. Rehrig, and W. Hackenberger, &#8220;Hybrid Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Transducer System&#8221;\u00a0 US Patent # 7446459, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Tolliver, L., T.B. Xu, X. Jiang, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mae.ncsu.edu\/jiang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/07\/Tolliver-SMS-2013.pdf\">Finite element analysis of the piezoelectric stacked-HYBATS transducer<\/a>&#8220;, Smart Materials and Structures, 22, 035015 (2013).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">COPYRIGHT\u00a9 2012 XIAONING JIANG.<br \/>\nMAE, NCSU, RALEIGH, NC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piezoelectric structures are used in a variety of applications such as actuation and energy harvesting. 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