Piezoelectric Shells Sensing, Energy Harvesting, and Distributed Control-Second Edition /

• Main Author: Tzou, Hornsen (HS) (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, 247
• Subjects: Automotive engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Automotive Engineering.; Electrical Engineering.

This book offers an introduction to piezoelectric shells and distributed sensing, energy harvesting and control applications. It familiarizes readers with a generic approach of piezoelectric shells and fundamental electromechanics of distributed piezoelectric sensors, energy harvesters and actuators...

Table of Contents:

• Piezoelectric Shell Vibration Theory
• Common Piezoelectric Continua and Active Piezoelectric Structures
• Distributed Sensing and Control of Elastic Shells (with new material added)
• Multi-Layered Shell Actuators
• Boundary Control of Beams.-Distributed Control of Plates with Segmented Sensors and Actuators
• Convolving Shell Sensors and Actuators Applied to Rings
• Sensing and Control of Cylindrical Shells
• Finite Element Formulation and Analyses.