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Experimental Validation of Two Types of Force Actuators: A Performance Comparison
SensorsThis paper experimentally investigates the performance of piezoelectric force actuators. Using the same encapsulated piezoelectric stack, an inertial-type actuator and a frame-type actuator are constructed for performance comparison.
Xishan Jiang +3 more
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Actuators, 2013 This paper presents a numerical study on optimal voltages and optimal placement of piezoelectric actuators for shape control of beam structures. A finite element model, based on Timoshenko beam theory, is developed to characterize the behavior of the ...
Georgios E. Stavroulakis +3 more
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke +3 more
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ActuatorsThe present contribution aims to analyze and highlight the potential of piezoelectric materials in actuation and sensing duties, obtaining reliable high-precision outcomes in cutting-edge applications including medical interventions.
Adel Razek, Yves Bernard
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee +4 more
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Piezoelectric Actuators for In-Liquid Particle Manipulation in Microfluidic Applications
Proceedings, 2017 The possibility to generate acoustic modes based on FPWs (Flexural Plate Waves) in a generic non-piezoelectric substrate for microfludic applications by means of piezoelectric actuators has been explored and described in this paper.
Marco Demori +4 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Flexible piezopolymer ultrasound transducers are engineered by tailoring the electrode–piezopolymer interface using metallic, flake‐based, and porous graphene electrodes. Laser‐induced graphene's porous structure enables polymer infiltration, strengthening interfacial coupling and enhancing piezoelectric response and acoustic output.
Spencer Hagen +3 more
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HeliyonPiezoelectric elements (PEMs) are used in a variety of applications. In this paper, we developed a new simple sensorless method for a Piezoelectric Actuator (PEA), which includes piezostack elements and a three-stage amplification mechanism.This research
A. Levy Dror, Amir Shapiro
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Multi-DOF Ultrasonic Actuators for Laser Beam Positioning
Shock and Vibration, 2019 A novel design concept of multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) piezoelectric actuator is introduced in the paper. The main idea is to connect two identical piezoelectric transducers by hyperelastic material in order to increase the total number of degrees-
Ramutis Bansevicius +4 more
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Experimental investigation of a SMC high precision control [PDF]
, 2006 In this paper a discrete-time Sliding-Mode (SM) based controller for high accuracy position control is investigated. The controller is designed for a general SISO system with nonlinearity and external disturbance. It will be shown that application of the
Abidi, Khalid Seyed +2 more
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