This article presents in a unified way, the various optimization criteria used by researchers
for optimal placement of piezoelectric sensors and actuators on a smart structure. The article …

The installation of wind energy increased in the last twenty years, as its cost decreased, and
it contributes to reducing GHG emissions. A race toward gigantism characterizes wind …

Piezoelectric system is widely used in vibration control, but due to the influence of
uncertainty in the system, the control rate designed for determined system may not meet the …

This paper deals with the optimization of piezoelectric actuators and sensors locations for
active vibration control. Two modified optimization criteria are used, ensuring good …

We present an analytical modeling framework and its analysis for thin piezoelectric
metamaterial plates to enable and predict low-frequency bandgap formation in finite …

In this paper, the design of an acceleration sensor based active vibration control for a
cantilever beam with bonded piezoelectric patches is studied. The problem of phase …

The configuration and optimization of actuators are essential to improve the control
performance in active vibration control. In this paper, flexible composite laminates with …

Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) are widely used as a new type of composite
material in space expansion structures, which are prone to vibration and resonance in a …

Owing to the low stiffness of workpiece, chatter easily occurs in milling of thin-walled
structures, which may cause poor surface quality and uncontrolled machining accuracy. For …

Chatter phenomena commonly plague the milling process of flexible workpieces, leading to
undesirable fluctuations in accuracy and diminished machine efficiency. Limited by complex …