Synthesis of electric networks interconnecting PZT actuators to efficiently damp mechanical vibrations

The aim of this thesis is to show that it is possible to damp mechanical vibrations in a given frame, constituted by Euler beam governed by the equations of an elastica, by means of piezoelectric actuators glued on every beam and interconnected each other via electrical networks.Since we believe tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porfiri, Maurizio
Other Authors: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36485
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302000-113904/