an assembly of two piezoelectric crystals cemented together so that an applied voltage causes one to expand and the other to contract, converting electrical signals into mechanical energy. Conversely, bending can generate a voltage: used in loudspeakers, gramophone pick-ups, etc
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The bimorph designs were prone to failure at the extremes of flow rates tested.
Hyeong Jae Lee, Stewart Sherrit, Luis Phillipe Tosi, Phillip Walkemeyer, Tim Colonius 2015, 'Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting in Internal Fluid Flow', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/10/26039. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This article investigates vibration rejection for a continuous smart structure using piezoelectric bimorph patches.
Byeongil Kim, Jong-yun Yoon 2017, 'Enhanced Adaptive Filtering Algorithm Based on Sliding Mode Control for Active VibrationRejection of Smart Beam Structures', Applied Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/7/750. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three main cantilever layer configurations are considered: unimorph, dual layer bimorph and triple layer bimorph.
Mostafa R. A. Nabawy, William J. Crowther 2016, 'Dynamic Electromechanical Coupling of Piezoelectric Bending Actuators', Micromachineshttp://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/7/1/12. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Responses in time and frequency domains for unimorph and bimorph were obtained.
Liao Dan, Yuan Yanhui, Yang Kunchao, Liang Hao, Gu Xiaoqin 2019, 'Modeling of Damped Vibrations of Cantilevered Piezoelectric Actuators', MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926002006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Presented prototype will be used in further research to develop the hexa-quad bimorph walking robot.
Wojtkowiak Dominik, Talaśka Krzysztof, Malujda Ireneusz 2018, 'Concept of the Hexa-Quad Bimorph Walking Robot and the Design of its Prototype', Acta Mechanica et Automaticahttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ama.2018.12.issue-1/ama-2018-0010/ama-2018-0010.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Four piezoelectric bimorph transducers are cascaded and operated in a nonlinear regime, creating broad band resonant vibrations.
Muhammad bin Mansoor, Sören Köble, Tin Wang Wong, Peter Woias, Frank Goldschmidtböing 2017, 'Design, Characterization and Sensitivity Analysis of a Piezoelectric Ceramic/MetalComposite Transducer', Micromachineshttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/9/271. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Novel magnetic sensors with a permanent magnet proof mass, either on a ferroelectric bimorph or a ferromagnetic-ferroelectric composite, are discussed.
Gollapudi Sreenivasulu, Peng Qu, Vladimir Petrov, Hongwei Qu, Gopalan Srinivasan 2016, 'Sensitivity Enhancement in Magnetic Sensors Based on Ferroelectric-Bimorphs and MultiferroicComposites', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/2/262. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The system was excited using a shaker, and the output voltage was measured for each bimorph for various configurations.
Haim Abramovich, Idan Har-nes 2018, 'Analysis and Experimental Validation of a Piezoelectric Harvester with Enhanced FrequencyBandwidth', Materialshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/7/1243. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this paper, we demonstrate the design of a soft gripper using our novel bimorph-like pneumatic bending actuators.
Boran Wang, Andrew McDaid, Timothy Giffney, Morteza Biglari-Abhari, Kean C. Aw 2017, 'Design, modelling and simulation of soft grippers using new bimorph pneumatic bendingactuators', Cogent Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2017.1285482. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)