The functionally graded layers are inhomogeneous along the thickness direction, while the piezoelectric layer is homogeneous;both possess material orthotropy.
Abstract: A network model was developed to analyze a piezoelectric source driving a resonantor to investigate the coupling of the piezoelectric loudspeaker with a thermoacoustic resonantor.
According to the problem of position discontinuity using GPS in city cars, a scheme that GPS is combined with DR which is composed by piezoelectric gyro and milemeter is put forward.
Transducers are made from arrays of tiny piezoelectric structures that convert electrical signals into ultrasound waves by vibrating at an appropriate frequency.
Scientists have created a variety of synthetic piezoelectric materials and found applications for them in everything from medical imaging to ink jet printers.
These generate power and send it to a control board that operates a pair of piezoelectric actuators – clever materials that work a bit like a muscle and contract when a voltage passes across them.
First we fill them up with the piezoelectric material, which is represented in yellow in the bottom figure, and then we fill it up with the stimuli-responsive material that is the light blue in the bottom figure.