Energy harvesting holds great potential to achieve long-lifespan self-powered operations of
wireless sensor networks, wearable devices, and medical implants, and thus has attracted …

A paradigm shift has emerged over the last decade pointing to an exciting research area
dealing with the harnessing of elastic structural instabilities for'smart'purposes in a variety of …

We present a computational design methodology for topology optimization of multi-material-
based flexoelectric composites. The methodology extends our recently proposed design …

Piezoelectric composites have become increasingly important in energy harvesting from
vibration and, more recently, flow-induced vibration. The compatibility of piezoelectric …

With the aim of increasing the efficiency of maintenance and fuel usage in airplanes,
structural health monitoring (SHM) of critical composite structures is increasingly expected …

Vibration‐based energy‐harvesting technology, as an alternative power source, represents
one of the most promising solutions to the problem of battery capacity limitations in wearable …

This paper investigates topology optimization of the piezoelectric actuator/sensor coverage
attached to a thin-shell structure to improve the active control performance for reducing the …

With growing innovations on the Internet of Things capabilities, automated monitoring and
remote sensing applications have become important in the modern world. However, with …

For considering topological changes in a CAD-based framework, an isogeometric phase-
field based shape and topology optimization is developed. In this case, the diffuse interface …

Energy harvesting using piezoelectric transduction offers a promising alternative to the
conversion of kinetic energy like ambient vibration and rotational motion into useful …