The damage identification process provides relevant information about the current state of a
structure under inspection, and it can be approached from two different points of view. The …

In this paper a comprehensive review of recent studies on the ultrasonic piezoelectric motors
is presented. The authors focus on research articles published in the last five years mostly …

Neuromorphic computing based on spikes offers great potential in highly efficient computing
paradigms. Recently, several hardware implementations of spiking neural networks based …

This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of lead-free hybrid nano materials
based piezoelectric fillers. It narrates the basic concept of piezoelectricity and discusses the …

Concrete is the most widely used building material in civil infrastructure, and strength is the
most effective evaluation index to measure its quality. Sub-standard raw materials, flawed …

Safety and energy resources are two important necessities of a sustainable transportation.
Energy harvesting from roadways has a potential to impact both requirements. In this study …

Piezoelectric sensors can be utilized in Lamb-wave-based structural health monitoring
(SHM), which is an effective method for aircraft structural damage detection. However, due to …

The forecasted restriction of lead containing materials in piezoelectric devices has created
vast interest into the development of alternatives, ie lead-free systems. Since the discovery …

Thickness is an important parameter of ferroelectric thin films, which could have a strong
influence on device performance based on them. In this paper, we demonstrate the …

It is a big challenge to in situ monitor the health status of high-temperature magnetic
equipment such as electric motors and generators since it is difficult to achieve a high …