Ultrasonic processing has attracted increasing attention by people because ultrasonic
technology may represent a flexible 'green'alternative for energy efficient processes. The …

A magnetostrictive patch transducer (MPT) is a transducer that exploits the magnetostrictive
phenomena representing interactions between mechanical and magnetic fields in …

Smart and functional materials processed by printing technologies reveal an increasing
interest due to reduced cost of assembly, easy integration into devices and the possibility to …

Magnetostrictive actuators play an important role in the perception of usefulness of smart
materials and devices. Their applications are potentially wider than that of piezoelectric …

In this paper, we present a hybrid adaptive feedforward and feedback controller with
hysteresis compensator on a magnetostrictive-actuated multi degree of freedom (DOF) …

One of the most frequent applications of magnetostrictive actuator technology is the active
structural vibration control (AVC). Magnetostrictive actuators (MAs) can deliver high-output …

The experimental dynamical response of three types of nonlinear hysteretic systems is
identified employing phenomenological models togheter with the Differential Evolutionary …

Giant magnetostrictive materials (GMM) can be integrated in actuator or sensor applications.
The design of these systems is optimized based on a good knowledge of the material …

Hysteresis is a widely occurring phenomenon. It can be found in a wide variety of natural
and constructed systems. Generally, a system is said to exhibit hysteresis when a …

An extensive growth in the application of ferromagnetic materials require a firm theoretical
understanding of the material behavior to accomplish accurate model prediction. The aim of …