Low-cost piezocomposite actuator for structural control applications

By W. Wilkie, R. Bryant, J. High, R. Fox, R. F. Hellbaum, A. Jalink, Bruce D. Little, P. H. Mirick. Smart Structures, 2000

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Subfields: Mechanical Engineering

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Snap-Through of Unsymmetric Cross-Ply Laminates Using Piezoceramic Actuators (2003, methodology): “…was concern that these numbers indicated the authority of the actuator to be somewhat less than indicated by data previously published by Wilkie et al. (2000); these previously published data were d11 ¼ 530 "=kV=mm d12 ¼ 210 "=kV=mm ð3Þ However, the calibration method seemed…”
Comparison of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Devices for Recharging Batteries (2005, methodology): “The MFC actuator is constructed using piezofibers surrounded in an epoxy matrix and covered with a Kapton shell (Wilkie et al., 2000, 2002).”
Novel, Bidirectional, Variable-Camber Airfoil via Macro-Fiber Composite Actuators (2010, methodology): “The Macro-Fiber Composite actuator was developed at the NASA Langley Research Center [34,35].”
Snap-through of unsymmetric laminates using piezocomposite actuators (2006, methodology): “3 THE MACRO-FIBER COMPOSITE ACTUATOR The MFC actuator consists of piezoceramic PZT macrofibers embedded in a structural epoxy matrix and sandwiched between interdigitally-electroded polyimide films [5].”
Review of Smart-Materials Actuation Solutions for Aeroelastic and Vibration Control (2000, background): “Active fiber composite (AFC): (a) schematic representation of PZT-fiber composite illustrating the inter-digitated electrodes and the longitudinal expansion of the fibers (Rodgers and Hagood, 1998) and (b) NASA Langley RC Macro-Fiber Composite‰ actuator components (Wilkie et al., 2000).”
An overview of composite actuators with piezoceramic fibers (2002, unknown): “This research effort presents an overview of these four types of composite transducers, focusing on manufacturing techniques and current industrial and research uses.”
Application of Electromechanical Impedance Technique for Engineering Structures: Review and Future Issues (2010, unknown): “The MFC actuator (http:// www.smart-material.com/MFC,2009), developed by researchers at NASA (2008) Langley Research Center (Wilkie et al., 2000) has the capability to restrict actuations to either 1 or 2 directions.”
Energy harvesting vibration sources for microsystems applications (2006, methodology): “The MFC structure was developed by NASA [73] and consists of thin PZT fibres embedded in a Kapton film and connected with an interdigitated electrode (IDE) pattern shown in figure 12.”
Macro-fiber composite piezoelectric rosettes for acoustic source location in complex structures (2007, background): “…Langley Research Center, are gaining increasing interest for built-in SHM systems applied to structural control (Schoenecker et al 2005, Sodano et al 2004, Bevan and Mei 2001, Wilkie et al 2000) and, more recently, to ultrasonic wave transduction (Lanza di Scalea et al 2007a, Thien et al 2005).”
Morphing unmanned aerial vehicles (2011, unknown): “A more detailed description of the structure and its characteristics has been provided by Wilkie et al [6].”
Performance assessment and validation of piezoelectric active-sensors in structural health monitoring (2006, background): “The MFC patches are a relatively new type of piezoelectric sensor that are more flexible than the conventional PZT transducer (Wilkie et al 2000).”
A review of energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials: state-of-the-art a decade later (2008–2018) (2019, background): “Research in this area has led to a broad range of active piezoelectric devices utilizing both fibers (Active Fiber Composites (AFC) [103] and Macro-Fiber Composites (MFC) [104]) and particles (0–3 composites).”