__Piezoelectric-Based Vibration Control: From Macro to Micro/Nano Scale Systems__ 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. Starting from an elementary level in mechanical vibrations, this book * Offers the reader a detailed discussion of vibration of continuous systems as a single-source book, * Provides actual actuator and sensor configurations, along with illustrative hands-on problems and examples that can be applied by the reader, and * Covers advanced topics in piezoelectric-based micro/nano actuators and sensors with applications ranging from precision mechatronics to molecular recognition and functional nanostructures. __Piezoelectric-Based Vibration Control: From Macro to Micro/Nano Scale Systems,__ with its easy-to-follow format, is a must-read for all engineers working in the areas of vibration control and piezoelectric systems, undergraduate students interested in fundamental of vibrations and control, up to graduate students and researchers working on advanced piezoelectric-based vibration-control systems. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-12 An Introduction to Vibrations of Lumped-Parameters Systems....Pages 13-33 A Brief Introduction to Variational Mechanics....Pages 35-53 A Unified Approach to Vibrations of Distributed-Parameters Systems....Pages 55-112 Front Matter....Pages 114-114 An Overview of Active Materials Utilized in Smart Structures....Pages 115-128 Physical Principles and Constitutive Models of Piezoelectric Materials....Pages 129-159 Hysteretic Characteristics of Piezoelectric Materials....Pages 161-181 Piezoelectric-Based Systems Modeling....Pages 183-232 Vibration Control Using Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors....Pages 233-309 Front Matter....Pages 312-312 Piezoelectric-Based Micro- and Nano-Positioning Systems....Pages 313-358 Piezoelectric-Based Nanomechanical Cantilever Sensors....Pages 359-417 Nanomaterial-Based Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors....Pages 419-461 Back Matter....Pages 463-517 Part I: Introduction and overview of mechanical vibrations Introduction Vibrations of lumped-parameters systems Variational mechanics A unified approach to vibrations of distributed-parameters systems Part II: Piezoelectric-based vibration-control systems An overview of active materials utilized in smart structures Physical principles and constitutive models of piezoelectric materials Hysteretic characteristics of piezoelectric materials Piezoelectric-based systems modeling Vibration control using piezoelectric actuators and sensors Part III: Piezoelectric-based micro/nano sensors and actuators Piezoelectric-based micro- and aano-positioning systems Piezoelectric-based nanomechanical cantilever sensors Nanomaterials-based piezoelectric actuators and sensors Appendix A: mathematical preliminaries Appendix B: Proofs of selected theorems References Index. “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.
