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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1982
Ahmad Safari, State College, PA (US);
Robert E Newnham, State College, PA (US);
Leslie E Cross, State College, PA (US);
Walter A Schulze, State College, PA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Composites of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) and inactive polymers with 3-1 and 3-2 patterns and a method of fabrication thereof are described. Fabrication is accomplished by drilling holes in sintered PZT blocks and filling the holes with epoxy or some other inactive polymer. The influence of hole size and volume fraction PZT on the hydrostatic properties of the composite is evaluated. By decoupling the piezoelectric coefficients d.sub.33 and d.sub.31 in the composite, the hydrostatic coefficients are greatly enhanced.