Progress in Dual (Piezoelectric-Magnetostrictive) Phase Magnetoelectric Sintered Composites by Rashed Adnan Islam, Shashank Priya

“…The studies showed that the soft piezoelectric phase quantified by smaller elastic modulus, large grain size of piezoelectric phase (~1 μm), and layered structures yields higher magnitude of ME coefficient. …”
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Feedforward Control of Gear Mesh Vibration Using Piezoelectric Actuators by Gerald T. Montague, Albert F. Kascak, Alan Palazzolo, Daniel Manchala, Erwin Thomas

“…The key components in this approach are piezoelectric actuators and a high-frequency, analog feed forward controller. …”
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A Novel Stick-Slip Type Rotary Piezoelectric Actuator by Yuan Wang, Minglong Xu, Shubao Shao, Siyang Song, Yan Shao

“…A novel stick-slip rotary piezoelectric actuator is designed for optical use. The actuator is proposed, fabricated, and tested with the aim of realizing both fine resolution and a long stroke. …”
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The Fabrication and Characterization of Piezoelectric PZT/PVDF Electrospun Nanofiber Composites by Ji Sun Yun, Chun Kil Park, Young Hun Jeong, Jeong Ho Cho, Jong-Hoo Paik, Sun Hong Yoon, Kyung-Ran Hwang

“…Piezoelectric nanofiber composites of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer and PZT (Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3) ceramics were fabricated by electrospinning. …”
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Cracks Detection Using Active Modal Damping and Piezoelectric Components by B. Chomette, A. Fernandes, J.-J. Sinou

“…The efficiency of the proposed method is demonstrated through numerical simulations corresponding to different crack depth and locations in the case of a finite element model of a clamped-clamped beam including four piezoelectric transducers.…”
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Integrated Structural Health Assessment Using Piezoelectric Active Sensors by Jeannette R. Wait, Gyuhae Park, Charles R. Farrar

“…The method presented utilizes piezoelectric (PZT) materials to actuate/sense the dynamic response of the structures. …”
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Closed Loop Finite Element Modeling of Piezoelectric Smart Structures by Guang Meng, Lin Ye, Xing-jian Dong, Ke-xiang Wei

“…The objective of this paper is to develop a general design and analysis scheme for actively controlled piezoelectric smart structures. The scheme involves dynamic modeling of a smart structure, designing control laws and closed-loop simulation in a finite element environment. …”
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An Exact Analytical Solution to Exponentially Tapered Piezoelectric Energy Harvester by H. Salmani, G. H. Rahimi, S. A. Hosseini Kordkheili

“…It has been proven that tapering the piezoelectric beam through its length optimizes the power extracted from vibration based energy harvesting. …”
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A Cell-Based Smoothed XFEM for Fracture in Piezoelectric Materials by Li Ming Zhou, Guang Wei Meng, Feng Li, Shuai Gu

“…This paper presents a cell-based smoothed extended finite element method (CS-XFEM) to analyze fractures in piezoelectric materials. The method, which combines the cell-based smoothed finite element method (CS-FEM) and the extended finite element method (XFEM), shows advantages of both methods. …”
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Piezoelectric characteristics of coal rock leakage under uniaxial compression by Zeyi Liu, Ke Gao, Yujiao Liu, Chengyao Zhu, Yao Zhang

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Multifrequency Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Based on Polygon-Shaped Cantilever Array by Dalius Mažeika, Andrius Čeponis, Ying Yang

“…This paper focuses on numerical and experimental investigations of a novel design piezoelectric energy harvester. Investigated harvester is based on polygon-shaped cantilever array and employs multifrequency operating principle. …”
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Experimental Research on Wind-Induced Flag-Swing Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters by Jianjun Liu, Xianghua Chen, Yujie Chen, Hong Zuo, Qun Li

“…When the piezoelectric cantilever beam is in a wind field, we should consider not only the influence of the wind field on piezoelectric beam but also the electromechanical coupling effect on it. …”
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Development and Application of Structural Health Monitoring System Based on Piezoelectric Sensors by Shi Yan, Jianxin Wu, Wei Sun, Haoyan Ma, Han Yan

“…A new kind of SHM technology based on piezoelectric ceramic transducers is an effective way to realize the prospective functions. …”
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EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON DIELECTRIC, FERROELECTRIC, AND PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF KNLNS-BNKZ CERAMICS by Phan Dinh Gio, Bui Thi Tuyet Nhung

“…Effects of temperature on the dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties of the ceramics were investigated in detail. …”
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3-DOF Inertial Piezoelectric Actuator for Angular Positioning of the Optical Mirror by Andrius Ceponis, Dalius Mazeika, Regimantas Bareikis

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Modeling and Characterization of Multilayer Piezoelectric Stacks via Dynamic Stiffness Method by Wenxiang Ding, Zhaofeng Liang, Wei Zhao, Hongmei Zhong, Dan Chen, Maxime Bavencoffe, Marc Lethiecq

Subjects: “…multilayer piezoelectric stack…”
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Polarization and Strain in Piezoelectric Nanomaterials: Advancing Sensing Applications in Biomedical Technology by Anmol Garg, Sajal Agarwal, Deepak Punetha

Subjects: “…Piezoelectric materials…”
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An Enhanced Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesting System with Macro Fiber Composite by Shuwen Zhang, Bo Yan, Yajun Luo, Weikai Miao, Minglong Xu

“…To enlarge the EH quantity from the vibration, an enhanced piezoelectric vibration EH structure with piezoelectric film is developed in this work. …”
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Nonlinear Stochastic Optimal Control Using Piezoelectric Stack Inertial Actuator by Q. F. Lü, X. F. Wang, K. Lu, R. H. Huan

“…An optimal control strategy for the random vibration reduction of nonlinear structures using piezoelectric stack inertial actuator is proposed. First, the dynamic model of the nonlinear structure considering the dynamics of a piezoelectric stack inertial actuator is established, and the motion equation of the coupled system is described by a quasi-non-integrable-Hamiltonian system. …”
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A Potential Application of a Piezoelectric Atomiser for Ophthalmic Drug Delivery by Wei Xia, Hung-Yao Hsu, Lingxue Kong, Allan Evans, Ryan Lee

“…A liquid atomiser composed of a piezoelectric transducer and a metal plate with numerous micro-apertures is studied to identify the most influential factors on its atomising performance. …”
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