Course: Laboratory training in piezoelectrics

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Course title Laboratory training in piezoelectrics
Course code KFY/PIPE
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Erhart Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Piezoelectric effect. Piezoelectric ceramics. Electromechanical properties of PZT ceramic. 2. Safety rules. Processing of experimental data. Origin 7.5. 3. Piezoelectric laboratory. Methods of measurements. 4. Measurement of frequency spectra of piezoelectric resonators. 5. The measurement of frequency dependence of permittivity of PZT samples. 6. The determination of electromechanical properties of PZT ceramics by resonance method. 7. Piezoelectric composites and their dielectric and piezoelectric properties. 8.-9. The preparation of piezoelectric composites 0-3 (PZT-polymer). 10. Polarization of samples. 11. The determination of piezoelectric coefficient d31 and hydrostatic coefficients dh, gh of PZT ceramics. The measurement by d33 meter. The measurement of piezoelectric coefficient d33 of PZT ceramics and piezoelectric composites. 12-13. Laboratory of laser interferometry. 14. Credit.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Fundamental methods of measurement in piezoelectricity. Preparation of experiment, derivation of results. The determination of electromechanical properties of ceramics and composites by the resonance method and by laser interferometry.
Basic knowledge of piezoelectric properties measurements.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation of student research activity

Requirements for credit are activity on practising, derivation of the measurement results and submission of report.
Recommended literature
  • HEYWANG, W., LUBITZ, K., WERSING, W. Springer Series in Materials Science 114, Piezoelectricity ? Evolution and Future of a Technology. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-68680-4.
  • kolektiv. IEEE Std 176-1978. IEEE Standard on Piezoelectricity.. 1978.
  • SETTER, N. Piezoelectric Materials Devices. Lausanne, 2002.
  • UCHINO, K. Ferroelectric Devices. New York, 2000. ISBN 0-8247-8133-3.
  • ZELENKA J. Piezoelektrické rezonátory a jejich použití. Praha: Academia, 1983.


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