Development of a novel type of linear piezoelectric motors with self-lock mechanism

This thesis traces the history of piezoelectricity and reviews the existing types of piezoelectric motors and their limitations of the failure in providing both high output force and high positioning precision at the same time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wu, Lin
Other Authors: Lim, Lennie Enk Ng
Format: Thesis
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5406
Description
Summary:This thesis traces the history of piezoelectricity and reviews the existing types of piezoelectric motors and their limitations of the failure in providing both high output force and high positioning precision at the same time.