Experimental/analytical determination of optimal piezoelectric actuator locations on complex structures based on the actuator power factor

The actuator power factor is defined as the ratio of the total dissipative mechanical power of a PZT actuator to the total supplied electrical power to the PZT actuator. If measured experimentally, it can be used to optinlize the actuator location and configuration for complex structures. The concep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bhargava, Adesh
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44406
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08222009-040530/