An efficient approach to optimize the vibration mode of bar-type ultrasonic motors

Hua Zhu1, Zhirong Li, Chunsheng Zhao

  • 1Precision Driving Laboratory, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, NUAA, Nanjing 210016, China. hzhu103@nuaa.edu.cn

Ultrasonics
|November 21, 2009
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