The process of acquiring the energy surrounding a system and converting it into usable
electrical energy is termed power harvesting. In the last few years, there has been a surge of …

Research on shunted piezoelectric transducers, performed mainly over the past decade, has
generated new opportunities for control of vibration and dam** in flexible structures. This …

Flexible mechanical systems experience undesirable vibration in response to environmental
and operational forces. The very existence of vibrations can limit the accuracy of sensitive …

Controllability and observability are structural properties that carry information useful for
structural testing and control, yet they are not fully utilized by structural engineers. The …

The book provides a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the physical processes of
active materials and the design and control of engineering systems. It will also be a …

Writing a book on smart materials bears a certain semblance to purchasing a high-end
laptop—due to rapid advances in the field, it is tempting to postpone the decision every six …

This chapter begins with a brief introduction of the motivations of the book, a review of the
detrimental effect of vibrations on systems, and of the field of SMART materials and …

Nonlinear systems have a range of behaviour not seen in linear vibrating systems. In this
chapter the phenomena associated with nonlinear vibrating systems are described in detail …

This paper presents a numerical study concerning the active vibration control of smart
piezoelectric beams. A comparison between the classical control strategies, constant gain …

Some flexible appendages of spacecraft are cantilever plate structures, such as sun plate
and satellite antenna. Thus, vibration problem will be caused by parameter uncertainties …