Piezoelectric-Based Vibration Control : From Macro to Micro/Nano Scale 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.