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Numerical study of two-dimensional smart structures

dc.contributor.authorVigilante, Domenicoen
dc.contributor.committeechairHenneke, Edmund G. IIen
dc.contributor.committeememberMorris, Don H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBatra, Romesh C.en
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Science and Mechanicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:36:20Zen
dc.date.adate2002-06-18en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:36:20Zen
dc.date.issued2002-04-30en
dc.date.rdate2003-06-18en
dc.date.sdate2002-05-18en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis we use a new numerical code, based upon a mixed FEM-Runge-Kutta method, for the analysis and the design of plane 2-dimensional smart structures. We applied the developed code to the study of arbitrarily shaped piezo-electromechanical (PEM) plates. This code is based on a weak formulation of their governing equations as found in [18]. The optimal parameters needed to synthesize the appropriate electric networks are computed, and the overall performances of such plates are investigated. In particular, two examples are studied: firstly, a simple case is used to test the main features of the code; secondly, a more complex PEM plate is designed and analyzed by means of the proposed numerical approach.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05182002-110759en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05182002-110759/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42706en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartvigilantenew.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectPiezo-electromechanical Couplingen
dc.subjectPiezoelectric Transducersen
dc.subjectNon Conforming Elementen
dc.subjectFinite element methoden
dc.subjectVibrations Controlen
dc.subjectSmart Structuresen
dc.titleNumerical study of two-dimensional smart structuresen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering Science and Mechanicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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