Piezoelectric transducers based on macro fibre composites (MFCs) are widely used for
energy harvesting, actuation and sensing because of the high conformability, reliability and …

Research works have been conducted on transverse and longitudinal mode piezoelectric
energy generation to collect energy from ambient vibrations. However, the inconsistency …

Macro fiber composite (MFC) is widely used in vibration control, energy harvesting and
health monitoring applications due to its high mechanical flexibility, increased strength …

A magnet-engaged shear-mode piezoelectric energy generator with two nonlinear vibration
system configurations has been proposed, and the corresponding mechanical and …

An analytical model is proposed to predict the effective properties of macro-fiber composites
(MFCs) using equivalent layered approach. The assumptions are based on “rule of …

Smart structures have attracted the attention of many researchers due to their applications
and potential, such as structural integrity monitoring, vibration and noise suppression, shape …

This work presents a methodology for the numerical characterisation of the effective
properties of ad 31 macro-fibre composite (MFC) transducer and their electric field …

In this paper the experimental and numerical investigations of microstructure modelling of
multilayer actuator are considered. BaTiO 3 powder is manufactured using the solid-state …

A numerical approach is proposed to evaluate the effective properties of piezoelectric fibers
embedded in a nonpiezoelectric matrix, considering imperfect contact between fiber and …

This contribution presents original numerical and experimental characterizations for
prototyped longitudinally polarized piezoelectric d 15 shear macro-fiber composites (MFC) …