Piezoelectric Fiber Reinforced Composites as Actuators in Flexible Intelligent Systems

摘要

Superiority of piezoelectric fiber reinforced composite (PFRC) to that of conventional piezoelectric materials as an actuator in mechatronic systems having smart/intelligent capabilities of vibration damping has been investigated through micromechanics study and finite element analysis of active constrained layer damping (ACLD) of laminated composite beam with a constraining layer of this PFRC and augmented with an appropriate control.