Piezoelectric-Based Vibration Control From Macro to Micro/Nano Scale Systems [Hardcover]

Piezoelectric-Based Vibration-control Systems: Applications in Micro/Nano Sensors and Actuators covers: Fundamental concepts in smart (active) materials including piezoelectric and piezoceramics, magnetostrictive, shape-memory materials, and electro/magneto-rheological fluids; Physical principles and constitutive models of piezoelectric materials; Piezoelectric sensors and actuators; Fundamental concepts in mechanical vibration analysis and control with emphasis on distributed-parameters and vibration-control systems; and Recent advances in piezoelectric-based microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems design and implementation.

Piezoelectric-Based Vibration-control Systems: Applications in Micro/Nano Sensors and Actuators discusses recent developments in smart structures and emerging areas in micro and nanotechnology. There is specific emphasis on piezoelectric systems.

Piezoelectric-Based Vibration-control Systems: Applications in Micro/Nano Sensors and Actuators covers: Fundamental concepts in smart (active) materials including piezoelectric and piezoceramics, magnetostrictive, shape-memory materials, and electro/magneto-rheological fluids; Physical principles and constitutive models of piezoelectric materials; Piezoelectric sensors and actuators; Fundamental concepts in mechanical vibration analysis and control with emphasis on distributed-parameters and vibration-control systems; and Recent advances in piezoelectric-based microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems design and implementation.

and Overview of Mechanical Vibrations.- An Introduction to Vibrations of Lumped-Parameters Systems.- A Brief Introduction to Variational Mechanics.- A Unified Approach to Vibrations of Distributed-Parameters Systems.- Piezoelectric-Based Vibration-Control Systems.- An Overview of Active Materials Utilized in Smart Structures.- Physical Principles and Constitutive Models of Piezoelectric Ml³1