Piezoelectric-based vibration-control
Subtitle: from macro to micro/nano scale systems
By: Nader Jalili
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 517
ISBN-13: 9781441900692
Subjects: Nanoelectromechanical systems; Microelectromechanical systems; Piezoelectric devices; Damping (Mechanics)
Description: It "covers a comprehensive understanding and physical principles in piezoelectric materials and structures used in a variety of vibration-control systems. With its self-contained and single-source style, this book provides a widespread spectrum of discussions ranging from fundamental concepts of mechanical vibration analysis and control to piezoelectric actuators and sensors."--From publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-504) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Introduction and overview of mechanical vibrations; title: Introduction; title: Vibrations of lumped-parameters systems; title: Variational mechanics; title: A unified approach to vibrations of distributed-parameters systems; title: Part II: Piezoelectric-based vibration-control systems; title: An overview of active materials utilized in smart structures; title: Physical principles and constitutive models of piezoelectric materials; title: Hysteretic characteristics of piezoelectric materials; title: Piezoelectric-based systems modeling; title: Vibration control using piezoelectric actuators and sensors; title: Part III: Piezoelectric-based micro/nano sensors and actuators; title: Piezoelectric-based micro- and aano-positioning systems; title: Piezoelectric-based nanomechanical cantilever sensors; title: Nanomaterials-based piezoelectric actuators and sensors; title: Appendix A: mathematical preliminaries; title: Appendix B: Proofs of selected theorems; title: References; title: Index.