Among various strategies developed for the attenuation of noise and vibration in mechanical
structures, piezoelectric shunt damping, which consists in connecting piezoelectric …

Passive structural vibration reduction by means of shunted piezoelectric patches is
addressed in this paper. We present a strategy to optimize, in terms of damping efficiency …

This paper presents a modified butterfly optimization algorithm (MBOA) for solving
mechanical design optimization problems. The modification is focused on an additional …

In this work, the layout of piezoelectric transducers is designed using the Topology
Optimization Method (TOM). Starting with a finite element model and its modal reduction, a …

Modal sensors and actuators working in closed loop enable to observe and control
independently specific vibration modes, reducing the apparent dynamical complexity of the …

The objective of this paper is to present a thorough revision of the peer-reviewed literature
and trends on electromagnetic design using topology optimization methods. Specifically, we …

This paper is concerned with distributed sensors to measure the response of beam and
plate structures. The design of modal sensors for beam structures is well established. The …

The development of energy harvesting devices with piezoelectric transducers has been
widely studied in the last decade. Most of previous studies considered a resonant cantilever …

In the paper, the procedure for the estimation of modal filter coefficients from output-only
data is presented. The basic concept of the procedure consists in frequency response …

This paper discusses strategies to design piezoelectric sensors positioning and gains
aiming at effective closed-loop performance of output feedback active structural vibration …