Research on shunted piezoelectric transducers, performed mainly over the past decade, has
generated new opportunities for control of vibration and damping in flexible structures. This …

The paper models the effects of dynamic coupling between a structure and an electrical
network through the piezoelectric effect. The coupled equations of motion of an arbitrary …

A piezoelectric laminate theory that uses the piezoelectric phenomenon to effect distributed
control and sensing of structural vibration of a flexible plate has been used to develop a …

Classical laminated plate theory (CLPT) is applied to a laminate plate with induced strain
actuators, such as piezoceramic patch, bonded to its surface or embedded within the …

Mechanical engineering, an engineering discipline born of the needs of the industrial
revolution, is once again asked to do its substantial share in the call for industrial renewal …

A finite element model for the static and dynamic analysis of a piezoelectric bimorph is
proposed. It combines a 2D single-layer representation model (finite 2D isoparametric …

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Introduces a class of resonant controllers that can be used to minimize structural vibration
using collocated piezoelectric actuator-sensor pairs. The proposed controller increases the …

Vibration is a natural phenomenon that occurs in a variety of engineering systems. In many
circumstances, vibration greatly affects the nature of engineering design as it often dictates …

Bending vibration of flat plates is controlled using patches of active constrained layer
damping (ACLD) treatments. Each ACLD patch consists of a visco-elastic damping layer …