Multi-actuated functionally graded piezoelectric micro-tools design: A multiphysics topology optimization approach

DOI10.1002/nme.2403zbMath1155.74391MaRDI QIDQ3614727

Glaucio H. Paulino, Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva, Ronny C. Carbonari

Publication date: 9 March 2009

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.2403

zbMATH Keywords

topology optimization; piezoelectric actuators; functionally graded material (FGM); multiphysics; micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMs); nano-positioners

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

74F15: Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics

74P15: Topological methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics

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