The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of problems and some research gaps for
better understanding of piezoelectric micropump studies. Micropumps have important and …

Piezoelectric materials embedded into plates and shells make the structures being capable
of sensing and actuation, usually called smart structures, which are frequently used for …

Sažetak The paper deals with the isogeometric analysis (IGA) of active composite laminates
with piezoelectric layers. IGA is a special formulation of the finite element method (FEM) that …

We develop a computational approach to analyze and design piezoelectric energy
harvesting systems composed of layered plates and shells connected to an electrical circuit …

Thin-walled structures are sensitive to vibrate under even very small disturbances. In order
to design a suitable controller for vibration suppression of thin-walled smart structures, an …

Integration of classical, passive structures and active elements based on multi-functional
materials resulted in a novel structural concept denoted as active structures. The new …

The topic of piezoelectric active thin-walled structures has attracted a great deal of attention
over the previous couple of decades. Lightweight structures with piezoelectric material …

This article is focused on the development of an acoustic pressure sensor with extremely
high sensitivity and small footprint. We propose a sensor design consisting of micron-sized …

Laminated composite structures consisting of load-carrying and multifunctional materials
represent a rather powerful material system. The passive, load-carrying layers can be made …

In the current work, a finite element formulation is developed for modeling and analysis of
isotropic as well as orthotropic composite beams with distributed piezoelectric actuators …