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Piezoelectric-Based Vibration Control

From Macro to Micro/Nano Scale Systems

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  • © 2010

Overview

  • 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, along with 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
  • Provides a detailed discussion of vibration control using piezoelectric actuators and sensors using detailed hands-on applications and examples
  • Discusses the entire spectrum of Piezoelectrically-actuated MEMS/NEMS including: Piezoelectric-based Micro/nanopositioning and Micro/nanomanipulation Nanomechanical Cantilever Sensors and Actuators Piezoelectrically-driven Vibrating Beam Gyroscopes Nanomaterials-based Actuators and Sensors

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Introduction and Overview of Mechanical Vibrations

  2. Piezoelectric-Based Vibration-Control Systems

  3. Piezoelectric-Based Micro/Nano Sensors and Actuators

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About this book

“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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Mechanical & Industrial, Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, USA

    Nader Jalili

About the author

Nader Jalili is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. Previously he served as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. He received a Ph.D. degree in 1988, from the University of Connteticut. His present research works are chiefly on piezoelectric-based sensors/actuators, nanocomposites, piezoelectric-based nano-stager for microscopy applications, vibration control in automobiles, and e-textiles Founding Chair, Technical Committee on Vibration and Control of Smart Structures, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) .

He’s currently Associate Editor, ASME Transactions on Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Control and the Technical Editor, IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics. He’s published over 45 journal articles and was a receipient of an NSF Young Investigator Career Award in 2003 for his work in the area of nanomanufacturing.

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