Piezo-actuated stages have become more and more promising in nanopositioning
applications due to the excellent advantages of the fast response time, large mechanical …

The various mathematical models for hysteresis such as Preisach, Krasnosel'skii–Pokrovskii
(KP), Prandtl–Ishlinskii (PI), Maxwell-Slip, Bouc–Wen and Duhem are surveyed in terms of …

In this paper, a general skeleton on modeling, controller design, and applications of the
piezoelectric positioning stages is presented. Toward this framework, a general model is first …

Piezoelectric actuators are gradually playing an important role in precision positioning
applications due to their extremely fine resolution, fast responses, and large actuating …

Concrete structures with various reinforcements, such as steel bars, composite material
tendons, and recently steel plates, are commonly used in civil infrastructures. When an …

The existing Bouc–Wen models for piezoelectric ceramic actuators (PCAs) possess the
symmetrical characteristic of the hysteretic component and can be categorized as …

We propose the modeling of hysteresis nonlinearities in a piezoelectric material-based tube
actuator classically employed in precise positioning applications under different surrounding …

The industrial sector often employs piezoelectric materials as actuators for a variety of uses,
some of which require a precise positioning while being limited by space and cost factors …

A resonant/off-resonant hybrid excitation of a piezoelectric stick–slip actuator is proposed in
this paper. It is accomplished by a resonant sinusoidal friction regulation wave (RSFR-wave) …

A novel method for the identification of embedded piezoelectric stack actuator parameters in
combination with a real-time capable hysteresis compensation measure is presented. The …