Design and Construction of the Tuning Fork Piezoelectric Motor

Abstract

This paper describes the design of a piezoelectric tuning-fork dual-mode motor. The motor uses a single multilayer piezoelectric element in combination with tuning fork and shearing motion to form an actuator using a single drive signal. Finite-element analysis was used in the design of the motor, and the process is described along with the selection of the device’s materials and its performance. Prototypes of the actuator achieved a maximum linear no-load speed of 13 cm/s, a maximum linear force of 5.98 N, and a maximum efficiency of 25%.

Meeting Name

Forum Acusticum Selvilla

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2002 European Acoustics Association, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2002

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