Virginia Tech. Department of Mechanical EngineeringClark, Robert L.Fuller, Chris R.Wicks, Alfred L.2015-05-272015-05-271991-07-01Clark, R. L., Fuller, C. R., & Wicks, A. (1991). Characterization of multiple piezoelectric actuators for structural excitation. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 90(1), 346-357. doi: 10.1121/1.4012570001-4966http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52649The thrust of the present work is to analytically and experimentally study the response of a simply supported beam driven by multiple piezoelectric actuators in an effort to understand distributed excitation of the structure. The results indicate that the theoretical model provides the basis for a viable means of determining appropriate locations for piezoelectric actuators for exciting desired modal distributions in the structural response.12 pagesapplication/pdfen-USIn CopyrightPiezoelectric devicesArticle - Refereedhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/asa/journal/jasa/90/1/10.1121/1.401257https://doi.org/10.1121/1.401257