Piezoelectric-based vibration-control systems: applications to micro/nano sensors and actuators

“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 advancesin piezoelectric-based microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems design and implementation. Discusses recent developments in smart structures and emerging areas in micro and nanotechnology with a specific emphasis on piezoelectric systems Provides actual actuator and sensor configurations, alongwith illustrative hands-on problems and examples that can be applied by the reader Provides the reader with a detailed discussion of vibration of continuous systems INDICE: Introduction and overview of mechanical vibrations.- Mathematical preliminaries.- An introduction to vibrations of lumped-parameters systems.- Aunified approach to vibration of distributed-parameter systems.- An overview of active materials utilized in Smart Structures.- Physical principles and constitutive models of piezoelectric materials.- Piezoelectric-based systems modeling and control.- Vibration control using piezoelectric actuators and sensors.- Piezoelectric-based micro- and nano-positioning.- Nanomechanical Cantileversensors and actuators.- Piezoelectrically-driven vibrating beam gyroscopes.- Nanomaterials-based actuators and sensors.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-0069-2
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 500
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés