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Table of contents :
PREFACE......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 9
PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE......Page 12
SUGGESTED TEACHING SCHEDULE......Page 14
SYMBOLS......Page 15
CURRENT TRENDS FOR ACTUATORS AND MICROMECHATRONICS......Page 17
A THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF FIELD-INDUCED STRAINS......Page 53
ACTUATOR MATERIALS......Page 119
CERAMIC ACTUATOR STRUCTURES AND FABRICATION METHODS......Page 185
DRIVE/CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS......Page 235
LOSS MECHANISMS AND HEAT GENERATION......Page 301
INTRODUCTION TO THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR PIEZOELECTRIC STRUCTURES......Page 345
SERVO DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER APPLICATIONS......Page 363
PULSE DRIVE MOTOR APPLICATIONS......Page 391
ULTRASONIC MOTOR APPLICATIONS......Page 419
THE FUTURE OF CERAMIC ACTUATORS IN MICROMECHATRONIC SYSTEMS......Page 479
INDEX......Page 499