Chapter 1 (Introduction) is an introduction to piezoelectric materials. It contains an historicaJ
OverView of piezoelectricity, some general considérations for a better understanding of …

In this paper, hybrid variational principles are employed for piezoelectric finite element
formulation. Starting from eight-node hexahedral elements with displacement and electric …

In recent years, the new technologies and discoveries on manufacturing materials have
encouraged researchers to investigate the appearance of material properties that are not …

This work deals with the concept o topology optimization method applied to the design of a
flextensional piezoelectric actuator (FPEA) targeting vibration attenuation of its dynamic …

This paper derives a four-node plane, a nine-node plane and a four-node axisymmetric
stabilized elements for piezoelectric analysis. All elements are formulated by a stabilization …

Elastic flexural and longitudinal waves can be generated in structure by using piezoelectric
transducers. These waves may be used to obtain fundamental properties of the medium or …

A bimodal ultrasonic motor, which operates with only one power amplifier, uses two
simultaneously excited modes to drive the rotor; a longitudinal mode and a flexural mode …

We employ a semi-analytical approach to derive new practical schemes for mass matrix
computation of 8-node and 20-node hexahedral elements. The new schemes offer accuracy …

We present a new approach to compute the mass matrix of solid finite elements which
allows a significant reduction in the number of integration points. The method is based on …

针对随机智能梁结构参数的不确定性建立了其闭环控制动力响应随机模型. 从结构动力响应的
Duhamel 积分出发, 利用求解随机变量函数矩法导出了在三种情况下横向位移 …