Materials for Adaptive Structural Acoustic Control. Volume 1.
Abstract
The objectives of this ONR sponsored University Research Initiative (URI) entitled "Materials for Adaptive Structural Acoustic Control" concern both basic fundamental studies and highly applied development of the piezoelectric and electrostrictive ferroelectric ceramics which carry both the sensing and actuation functions for adaptive control. The report documents work over the third year of this five year program. For convenience and continuity, the activities are grouped under the headings General Summary Papers, Materials Studies, Composite Sensors, Actuator Studies, Integration Issues, Processing Studies, Thin Film Ferroelectrics, and the Abstracts of graduating students on the program. The first general papers illustrate the educational role undertaken by MRL faculty both in the basic understanding of ferroics, and in the philosophy of their application in 'smart' systems. It is interesting that through work pioneered on earlier ONR programs in MRL, it is now possible to measure both direct and converse electrostrictive response in simple solids, and to thus explore models to explain the signs and magnitudes of these striction constants. The relaxor ferroelectrics have been a topic of study for more than 30 years in the laboratory, but recent breakthroughs have revolutionized the level of understanding and opened a vista for further potential application of size (scale) effects in ferroics. Electrical control of shape memory has been achieved in a number of electro-ferroic solids, but full exploitation will need more complete understanding of both ferroelectric and ferroelastic: ferroelectric domain wall processes. (MM)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 06, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA293444
Entities
People
- Leslie Eric Cross
Organizations
- Pennsylvania State University