With the recent interest in environmental issues, noise and vibration problems have been a
subject of intense interest for many years in modern industrial societies. Various control …

A bibliography is given containing 2067 references published during 2002 and 2003 on
piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties of materials and their applications. It contains …

A state-switched absorber (SSA) is a device that is capable of switching between discrete
stiffnesses; thus, it is able to instantaneously switch between resonance frequencies. The …

Semi-active vibration control techniques by nonlinear treatment have experienced strong
development these last years, due to their effectiveness and advantages compared to …

This article studies a semi-active control strategy applied to a vibration damping and to an
energy harvesting problem. In particular, a single-degree-of freedom oscillating device is …

Advances in mechatronics have renewed interest in the harvesting and storage of ambient
vibration energy. This work documents recent efforts to model a novel electromagnetic …

This paper develops an averaging analysis for qualitative and quantitative study of switched
piezostructural systems. The study of piezostructural systems including passive and active …

A state-switched absorber (SSA) is a device capable of instantaneously switching between
resonance frequencies, increasing its effective bandwidth as compared to classical tuned …

This study deals with a general method for the analysis of a semi-active control technique for
a fast-shunt switching system. The benefit of the semi-active system is the reduction in power …

With the advent of smart materials, the concept of semi-active control or dynamic control of
stiffness and/or damping for vibration control of structures has become practical and has …