Smart materials and structures have attracted a significant amount of attention for their
vibration control potential in engineering applications. Compared to the traditional active …

This article addresses piezoelectric shunt damping through a resonant shunt associated
with negative capacitances. The main objective of this article is to provide guidelines for …

This paper deals with passive monomodal vibration control by shunting piezoelectric
actuators to electric impedances constituting the series of a resistance and an inductance …

The finite element method (FEM) model of a piezoelectric macro fiber composite (MFC) is
presented. Using a specially developed numerical model, the complete set of macroscopic …

A system for the absorption of sound at the termination of an acoustic tube using an
electrodynamic loudspeaker connected to a shunt circuit is presented. A theoretical model of …

An adaptive system for the suppression of vibration transmission using a single piezoelectric
actuator shunted by a negative capacitance circuit is presented. It is known that by using a …

One way to enhance the performance of vibration control with piezoelectric shunt is to use a
negative capacitance in the shunt circuit. This component is very effective and provides …

Hybrid-type mounts have been frequently developed as combining active vibration control
techniques to predesigned passive mounts in order to increase equipment precision and to …

The analysis of the mechanical and electric energy flows in the semiactive vibration control
system, which is made of a piezoelectric actuator shunted by a negative capacitor, is …

Existing acoustic energy harvesters are typically resonant structures operated with matched
loads, yielding narrowband, and hence low, energy collection from broadband noise …