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Design of a piezoelectric pneumatic linear actuator in cell manipulation J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Song Chen, Zijian Huang, Wentao Cheng, Xuan Fang, Yilei Xie, Zhonghua Zhang, Jiantao Wang, Junwu Kan
A pneumatic piezoelectric linear actuator (PPLA) is proposed, which possesses the advantages of low power consumption, environmental friendliness, and high linearity of positioning. The prototype of the PPLA consists of a piezoelectric gas pump with serial chambers and a cylinder. The piezoelectric gas pump with serial chambers is designed with a wedge valve and flexible support structure, which results
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A new stick-slip type piezoelectric actuator based on asymmetric diamond-shaped flexure hinge structure J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Liang Wang, Heran Wang
A new stick-slip type piezoelectric actuator based on asymmetric structure is proposed. The actuator uses a stator with the asymmetric diamond-shaped structure, and the structure size is determined by finite element simulation. First, the structure and working principle of the proposed actuator are introduced. The elongation deformation of the piezo stack is transferred to the driving tip by the used
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Modeling, identification, and high-speed compensation study of dynamic hysteresis nonlinearity for piezoelectric actuator J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Minrui Zhou, Zhihui Dai, Zhenhua Zhou, Xin Liu, Taishan Cao, Zhanhui Li
Hysteresis nonlinearity widely exists in the piezoelectric actuator (PEA), and the hysteresis nonlinearity has strong dynamic characteristics that lead to deterioration of tracking performance. To decrease the positioning error caused by hysteresis nonlinearity, a generalized Bouc-Wen (GBW) hysteresis model and its compensation method are proposed in this paper. First, based on the Bouc-Wen hysteresis
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Analysis of vibro-acoustic characteristics of functionally graded sandwich microplates under thermal-electric effects J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Feng-Lian Li, Shi-Jie Fan, Yu-Qi Hao, Mei Lv
Based on the hyperbolic tangent parabola mixed shear deformation theory, the paper studied the sound radiation and the sound insulation of the functionally graded (FG) sandwich microplates under thermal-electric effects. The sandwich plate is composed of piezoelectric skin layers and FGM core layer. By using Hamilton’s principle, a size-dependent model considering the thermal-piezoelectric effects
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New bell plate controlled multi-inertia channel magnetorheological fluid mount wide frequency vibration isolation control study J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Zhihong Lin, Yunxiao Chen, Mingzhong Wu, Feijie Zheng
This paper introduces a novel type of magnetorheological fluid (MRF) mount designed to achieve wide-frequency vibration isolation for engines. While previous studies have explored vibration isolation using hydraulic mounts, there has been limited research on achieving wideband isolation with MRF mounts. Consequently, this paper presents an innovative MRF mount structure and investigates wideband vibration
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Reconfigurable local-resonance elastic waveguides in piezoelectric phononic crystals plate J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Xiao-Wei Sun, Gang-Gang Xu, Ren-Sheng Li, Mao-Ting Tan, Xing-Lin Gao, Wei-Bin Sun
A local-resonance piezoelectric phononic crystal consisting of a quadrangular prism piezoelectric scatterer polarized along the z-axis and wrapped by a plexiglass layer is proposed in this work. The short-circuit external electrical boundary condition is selectively added to the upper and lower surfaces of the piezoelectric scatterer to tune the distribution of polarized charges generated by the localized
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Harvesting vibration energy through a cantilever beam with enhanced harvesting capability J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Jishuo Wang, Di Yuan, Qin Ying, Bao Li, Weifeng Yuan
Piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) is being world widely studied by many researchers due to their excellent advantages over batteries. Therefore, how to improve the capability of energy harvesting has become a hot research topic. In this study, based on the theory that the electromechanical coupling coefficient is proportional to the difference of mode shape slopes at the two ends of a piezoelectric
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Development of a bipedal piezoelectric actuator with flexible mechanism based on the frog-leg inspiration J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Tinghai Cheng, Yushan Sun, Peng Ning, Xiaohui Lu, Heran Wang, Liang Wang
A new piezoelectric actuator with flexible mechanism using stick-slip principle based on the frog-leg inspiration is developed in this work. It utilizes bipedal design, and the slider can be driven by only one foot or two feet alternately, which depends on the exciting situation of the used two PZT stacks. The extension of the PZT stack can be transmitted into the vertical and horizontal deformations
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Optimized piezo-shunted metadamping towards the high-stiff high-damped metamaterial J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Kamal K Bera, Souryadeep Biswas, Arnab Banerjee
The phenomena of damping enhancement and higher decay coefficient are obtained by introducing a piezoelectric transducer at the resonating unit of the metamaterial. The difference between the damping ratio of the piezo-transducer controlled and that of the equivalent uncontrolled metamaterial is termed metadamping, and thereby it is used to indicate the enhancement of energy dissipation characteristics
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VIV array for wind energy harvesting J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Shilei Chen, Yuanyi Wang, Rujun Song, Yongsheng Gao, Zuankai Wang, Zhengbao Yang
Harvesting energy from flow using vortex-induced vibration (VIV) piezoelectric transducers has gained significant attention in recent decades due to their advantages, such as simple structure, blade-less layout, and low maintenance costs. However, most existing studies have focused on designing and analyzing a single piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH), without investigating the fluid-structure interaction
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Analysis and experimentation of variable gap magnetorheological transmission device driven by electromagnetic force J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Hang Gong, Jin Huang
To solve the problems of poor transmission performance and small torque regulation range of traditional MR device, a variable working gap MRF transmission device driven by electromagnetic force is proposed. The device uses electromagnetic force driving the squeeze disk to move axially to squeeze the MRF, thereby changing the number of working gaps and effective working thickness of the MRF to improve
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Experimental investigation of a novel high performance multi-walled carbon nano-polyvinylpyrrolidone/silicon-based shear thickening fluid damper J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Li Sun, Geng Wang, Chunwei Zhang
A novel high performance multi-walled carbon nano-polyvinylpyrrolidone/silicon-based shear thickening fluid (MWCNTs-PVP/SiO2-STF), abbreviated and subsequently referred to as MPS-STF, is developed in this paper. The rheological properties of the MPS-STF are investigated, and the viscosity model of MPS-STF is established. Furthermore, the MPS-STF based viscous fluid damper (MPS-STF-VFD) is designed
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Modal signal analysis of parabolic shell structures with flexoelectric sensors J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Jie Zhang, Mu Fan, Hornsen Tzou
The flexoelectric effect, garnering extensive attention in recent years, is an electro-mechanical coupled gradient effect that widely exists in dielectric materials and holds great potential for applications in structural sensing and actuation. The parabolic shell structure, characterized by line focusing, finds widespread use in key structural components such as solar trough collectors and communication
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Impact behavior of a novel magnetorheological energy absorber based on wedge-shaped squeeze flow model J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Zhuqiang Li, Benyuan Fu, Changrong Liao
Magnetorheological (MR) energy absorbers (MREAs) have been extensively investigated as a means of dissipating impact energy and decreasing injury as well as used in a wide range of applications. When applied as an accidental collision buffer, however, problems can arise owing to the inertia of the sudden impact. In this study, a novel MREA with a gradient resistance gap structure working in a wedge-shaped
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Magnetorheological fluid in prostheses: A state-of-the-art review J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Rina Mariane Alves Dutra, Rafhael Milanezi de Andrade, Alcimar Barbosa Soares, Nitish Vyomesh Thakor, Claysson Bruno Santos Vimieiro
Magnetorheological fluids (MRF) are intelligent materials that can vary their yield stress in response to an applied magnetic field. This characteristic, combined with active and multifunctional control, allows the development of actuators with fast response time, low energy consumption, long service life, and reduced dimensions and weights. Various studies have been conducted to improve MR dampers
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Design, theoretical modeling, and experimental analysis of a magnetorheological damper with radial damping gap J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Jian Yan, Longlei Dong
In order to describe and predict the damping force of the magnetorheological damper with radial damping gap, a more accurate damping force calculation model is proposed through theoretical modeling. Firstly, according to the working environment of the heavy vehicle, a magnetorheological damper with radial damping gap is designed in a limited installation space, which has the characteristics of large
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Pseudo-Active Actuators With Positive-Negative Dampings J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Xianxu “Frank” Bai, Jianchuan Chen
Although semi-active actuators have the advantages of low power consumption, simple structure, and high reliability, their output force and excitation are always in the same direction, and they can only achieve mechanical properties in the first and third quadrants of the force-velocity diagram. Thence, the performance of semi-active actuator-based systems is incomparable to that of active actuator-based
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Medium-high frequency vibration control of an industrial pipeline using squeeze-mode magnetorheological dampers J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Xiaomin Dong, Hao Wu, Pingyang Li, LiFan Wu, Jinchao Ran, Kaixiang Wang
Due to fluid excitation and the vibration of connected equipment, industrial pipelines are prone to long-term medium-high frequency and small amplitude vibration. Magnetorheological (MR) dampers with a multi-stage squeeze plate structure were proposed to solve the problem of medium-high frequency vibration in the industrial pipeline. The dynamic characteristics of the industrial pipeline were analyzed
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Monitoring damage of concrete beams via self-sensing cement mortar coating with carbon nanotube-nano carbon black composite fillers J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Liangsheng Qiu, Linwei Li, Ashraf Ashour, Siqi Ding, Baoguo Han
Self-sensing concrete used in coating form for structural health monitoring of concrete structures has the merits of cost-effectiveness, offering protective effect on structural components, enabling electrical measurements unaffected by steel reinforcement and is also convenient to maintain and replace. This paper investigates the feasibility of using self-sensing cement mortar coating containing carbon
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Attenuation characteristics of concrete using smart aggregate transducers: Experiments and numerical simulations of P-wave propagation J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Xiaohui Sun, Shuli Fan, Chunguang Liu
Concrete is a highly heterogeneous construction material. Waves that propagate through concrete face significant reflection, scattering, and attenuation issues. Understanding the behavior of waves as they propagate through concrete and arrive at a sensor has generated much attention, especially for developing real-world field applications. In this study, a predictive model of attenuated P-wave propagation
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Experimental and numerical investigation of the bonding conditions of piezoelectric sensors under high compressive strains on structures J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Prateek Negi, Naveet Kaur, Pardeep Kumar
In the past two decades, thin lead zirconate titanate (PZT) sensors have been widely used in the electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) technique for sensing applications, particularly for monitoring civil structures. They are typically surface bonded using an industrial adhesive to the monitored structure. The bond between a PZT sensor and structure must be sufficiently strong to transmit the response
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A bio-inspired shape memory alloy-based smart fin system for adaptive thermal management J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Shree Ram Pandey, Bishakh Bhattacharya
Thermal management systems utilizing fixed-area extended surfaces for thermal enhancement have been extensively investigated. Unlike these systems, in nature, few creatures display the ability to control heat dissipation in adaptation to changes in environmental conditions by controlling their exposed surface area of the body. Motivated by this, the primary objective of this research is the design
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Asymmetric two-dimensional poroelastic analysis of heterogeneous smart discs considering hygrothermal loading J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Ahmed M Eldeeb, Yasser M Shabana, Licheng Guo, Ahmed Elsawaf
The objective of this study is to examine through the finite element method the impacts of employing two-dimensional (2D) properties grading on the behaviors of piezoelectric sensors/actuators due to their significance. These structures are modeled as variable thickness discs and are assumed to be exposed to simultaneous asymmetric loading conditions (thermal, hygral, electrical, and mechanical loads)
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Modeling and experimental study of a miniaturized magnetorheological valve with high performance J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Sofia Lydia Ntella, Christian Koechli, Yves Perriard
Magnetorheological (MR) valves attracted the interest of researchers across diverse fields, owing to the controllable nature of MR fluid. The use of MR fluid in valves enables fast response, energy efficiency, and robustness, while several studies designed MR valves that can sustain high-pressure. However, although these studies present efficient solutions, they are still unable to exist in miniaturized
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Magnetostrictive energy conversion ability of Iron Cobalt Vanadium alloy sheet: Experimental and theoretical evaluation J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Borel Franck Toutsop Zangho, Yuanyuan Liu, Shurui Zhang, Mickaël Lallart, Laurent Morel, Gael Sebald, Pierre Tsafack, Benjamin Ducharne
The increasing demand for autonomous devices has made the concept of energy harvesting a significant industrial and academic point of interest. In this domain, an ideal magnetostrictive material for converting mechanical vibrations into electrical energy in a cost-effective way (i.e. competing with the price of primary batteries) remains to be determined. Iron-Cobalt-Vanadium (Permendur, Co49-Fe49-V2)
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A hybrid self-centering seismic damper: Finite element modeling and parametric analysis J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Sasa Cao, Fei Shi, Liang Cao, James Ricles, Osman E Ozbulut
This study presents a finite element model for a hybrid self-centering damper considering the rate and temperature effects and explores the effects of different design parameters on the damper response. The damper, called as superelastic friction damper (SFD), consists of superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) cables and a frictional energy dissipation mechanism. The experimental response of the SMA
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A micromechanical modeling approach for predicting the piezoelectric and mechanical properties of piezoelectric fiber-reinforced multiphase composites containing CNT/GNP hybrids J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Yuhua Zhou, Jianwei Li, Brighton Nyasha Chirukam, Yanhu Zhang, Congshan Lu
This paper focuses on the prediction of piezoelectric coefficients, Young’s moduli and shear moduli of unidirectional piezoelectric fiber/carbon nanotube (CNT)/graphene nanoplatelet (GNP)-reinforced polymer composites using a novel micromechanics modeling technique. The multiphase composite configuration is that piezoelectric fibers are embedded within a polymer matrix filled by CNT/GNP hybrids. Agglomeration
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Mechanical properties and constitutive models of shape memory alloy for structural engineering: A review. J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Ali Mohammadgholipour,Ahm Muntasir Billah
Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are an innovative material with the unique features of superelasticity and energy dissipation capabilities under extreme loads. Due to their unique features, they have a great potential to be employed in structural engineering applications under different conditions. However, in order to effectively use SMAs in civil engineering structures and model their behaviors accurately
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4D printed origami-inspired accordion, Kresling and Yoshimura tubes. J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Anastasia L Wickeler,Kyra McLellan,Yu-Chen Sun,Hani E Naguib
Applying tessellated origami patterns to the design of mechanical materials can enhance properties such as strength-to-weight ratio and impact absorption ability. Another advantage is the predictability of the deformation mechanics since origami materials typically deform through the folding and unfolding of their creases. This work focuses on creating 4D printed flexible tubular origami based on three
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Thermomechanical characterization of phase transformation surfaces for thin SMA wires J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Arif Kazi, Max Hauber, Michael Honold
The phase transformation of thermal shape memory alloys (SMAs) can be described by surfaces in a temperature-stress-strain space. A novel experimental technique for the thermomechanical characteriz...
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Metamaterial beam with dual-action absorbers for tunable and multi-band vibration absorption J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Saeed Althamer
This paper presents a new class of metamaterial beams of tunable and multi-band vibration absorption. The metamaterial beam is composed of uniform and periodic beam cells with locally resonant subs...
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Parameter identification for a model for multi-functional materials with hysteresis and thermodynamic compatibility J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Md Sakhawat Hossain, Ram Iyer, Carmine Stefano Clemente, Daniele Davino, Ciro Visone
Multifunctional materials have tremendous potential for engineering applications as they are able to convert mechanical to electromagnetic energy and vice-versa. One of the features of this class o...
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Modeling of photo-thermo-sensitive hydrogels by applying the temperature expansion analogy J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Daniel Mählich, Adrian Ehrenhofer, Thomas Wallmersperger
Hydrogels are an outstanding material for sensor and actuator applications, for example, chemosensors and microfluidics, and have been extensively studied in both, experiments as well as in modelin...
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Electro-structural modeling of smart laminated composite plate under hygrothermal environment for optimum vibration energy harvesting J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Subhransu Kumar Panda, Jonnalagadda Srinivas
Smart laminated composite structures with piezoelectric patches are widely used in vibration control applications in several engineering fields. Precise mathematical models are required for the cou...
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Self-healing performance of a microcapsule-based structure reinforced with pre-strained shape memory alloy wires: 3-D FEM/XFEM modeling J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-16 Mohsen Taheri-Boroujeni, Mohammad Javad Ashrafi
Combination of microcapsules and shape memory alloys (SMAs) is one of the promising self-healing mechanisms. Although there are several parameters which affect the performance of such structures, l...
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Experimental and numerical study of the forward and inverse models of an MR gel damper using a GA-optimized neural network J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-16 Wei Gong, Ping Tan, Shishu Xiong, Dezhen Zhu
In this paper, we present a series of experimental and numerical studies on the performance and modeling of a developed magnetorheological gel (MRG) damper. A bi-directional shear-type damper was d...
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4D printing of hard magnetic soft materials based on NdFeB particles J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-15 Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaodong Wang, Feng Chen, Kewen Chen
Magnetic soft materials (MSM) show excellent potential in soft robotics, biomedicine, and sensors because of their excellent magnetic response, reversible deformation, and controlled motion. A hard...
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Optimization design of an annular flexible IDT array based on a PDMS-PVDF substrate J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Ziping Wang, Hangrui Cui, Ai Zhou, Bingqian Li, Rahim Gorgin
Flexible sensors play an increasingly important role in damage detection of curved sheet-like structures in large-scale equipment. The sensor array is widely used in plate-like structures because i...
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Thermo-mechanical modeling of semicrystalline triple shape memory polymers J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Jianping Gu, Kan Bian, Zhongbing Cai, Hao Zeng, Huiyu Sun
Compared with amorphous shape memory polymers (SMPs), semicrystalline SMPs have more diverse shape memory effects (SMEs) which promotes their application in smart structures. To reveal the driving ...
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An origami-based adaptive vibration isolator with Yoshimura-patterned reconfigurable module J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Jong-Eun Suh, Jae-Hung Han
In this paper, a novel concept of the adaptive vibration isolator is presented. The proposed adaptive isolator is based on the thin-walled Yoshimura-patterned tube, which is able to reconfigure its...
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Semi-active fuzzy cooperative control of vehicle suspension with a magnetorheological damper J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Gang Li, Qingsheng Huang, Guoliang Hu, Ruqi Ding, Wencai Zhu, Liping Zeng
This study attempts to improve the vibration isolation performance of a vehicle suspension system with a magnetorheological damper (MRD) under complex driving conditions. Structure parameter uncert...
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Influence of biomechanical compliance on control performance of a magnetorheological sliding seat system J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Min Mao, Young T Choi, Norman M Wereley, Alan L Browne, Nancy L Johnson
We investigate the feasibility of a sliding seat with a magnetorheological (MR) energy absorber (MREA) to minimize loads transmitted to a payload in a ground vehicle for frontal impact speeds rangi...
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Self-sensing active artificial hair cells inspired by the cochlear amplifier, Part II: Experimental validation J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Sheyda Davaria, Vijaya V N Sriram Malladi, Pablo A Tarazaga
Mimicking the nonlinear compressive behavior of the mammalian cochlear amplifier that results in the compression of high-intensity sounds and amplification of faint stimuli can lead to transformati...
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Hybrid genetic algorithm-system identification approach to model force sensing resistors J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Mohammad Y Saadeh
Force sensing resistor (FSR) is a passive component that is composed of polymer thick films that change resistance between its terminals due to force applied at its surface. FSRs inherently exhibit...
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A novel optimized design of an energy harvester using magnetoelectric transducers J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Hesam Bakhtiary Yekta, Vahid Fakhari
Energy harvesting mechanisms are becoming a trend in scientific projects which are related to small devices and wireless sensors. Among different energy harvesters, those which use vibration to har...
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Enhancement of recovery stress by annealing and prestraining of NiTiNb wires J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Chan Yang, Tao Liu, Minting Zhong, Zhigang Wu, Jun Deng, Yan-Liang Du
NiTiNb shape memory alloy has attracted much attention for its use in prestressing and remedying structural steel and concrete members due to its unique shape memory effect. However, the recovery s...
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Progress in the study of electrorheological polishing: A review J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Han Sun, Xiaopeng Zhao, Jianbo Yin
Electrorheological polishing (ERP) is an important field-assisted polishing method, which can reduce abrasive loss and improve machining efficiency by using the electric field-induced electrorheolo...
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Design, analysis, and experimental study on a novel inertial piezoelectric actuator with double-stator cooperative motion J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Lusheng Yuan, Liang Wang, Zhenhua Zhao, Jiamei Jin, Rui Qi
To realize high performance and suppress the backward motion of the inertia piezoelectric actuator, a novel inertial piezoelectric actuator with double-stator cooperative motion is proposed, design...
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Design and control of helicopter main reducer semi-active vibration isolation system based on MR damper J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Yunzhi Wang, Jin Zhou, Xiaoyan Cao, Xinxing Guo
In order to effectively reduce the vibration of the helicopter rotor transmitted from the main reducer to the fuselage, a semi-active vibration isolation system (SAVIS) with a magnetorheological (M...
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An implicitly coupled finite element-electronic circuit simulator method for efficient system simulations of piezoelectric energy harvesters J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Andreas Hegendörfer, Paul Steinmann, Julia Mergheim
A piezoelectric vibration-based energy harvester (PVEH) consists of an electromechanical structure and an electric circuit, influencing each other. The finite element method (FEM) allows for the si...
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Magnetorheological fluids: A concise review of composition, physicochemical properties, and models J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Magdalena Osial, Agnieszka Pregowska, Magdalena Warczak, Michael Giersig
Magnetorheological fluids (MRFs) are classified as intelligent materials whose rheological and mechanical properties can be modified by interaction with an external magnetic field. These unique fea...
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Experimental and numerical investigation on effects of viscoelastic rubber and local resonator mass on broadband vibration attenuation in acoustic-metamaterial plates J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Kush Dwivedi, Sachchidanand Das, Sabareesh Geetha Rajasekharan
Vibration attenuation in acoustic-metamaterial plates assembled from a periodic arrangement of unit cells with a cavity containing local resonator system is presented. Each cell incorporates a base...
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A survey of Bouc-Wen hysteretic models applied to piezo-actuated mechanical systems: Modeling, identification, and control J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Jingnan Cai, Wei Dong, Ryozo Nagamune
Hysteretic nonlinearity behavior ubiquitously occurs in mechanical systems, particularly in high-precision instruments, which severely degrades system output performance. Consequently, it is unavoi...
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Usability of sustainable materials on bacteria-based self-healing in cementitious systems J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Şemsi Yazici, Canberk Güller, Burcu Ayekin, Ali Mardani, Alper Akkaya
Damage and loss of strength resulting from deterioration in concrete structures are extremely expensive and time-consuming processes that require improvement. Therefore, special concrete demand to ...
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Actuation response of typical biased shape memory alloy wire under variable electric heating rates: Experimental investigation and modeling J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Yuhang Zhang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Jun Jiang, Qiang Zhang, Yan Ke, Shengbin Qiu
Electric heating is commonly used to induce the inverse martensitic transformation in shape memory alloy (SMA) wire actuators. Different actuation responses can be achieved when adjusting the heati...
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A novel design of an actively deformable honeycomb structure with application to a variable thickness leading-edge wing J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Ke Liang, Qian Cheng
This work develops a novel design method for the actively deformable honeycomb structure to realize the variable thickness leading-edge wing. Firstly, the classical Gibson theory is extended to be ...
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Deployable linear and spiral array structures based on a Kresling-inspired mechanism with integrated scissor arms J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Christopher S Bentley, Ryan L Harne
Recent developments have shown that spatial structures devised from origami or low-dimensional rigid linkage mechanisms can be used to construct deployable arrays for antennas or satellites. Yet, s...
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Magnetorheological semi-active shock mitigation control. Part I: numerical analysis and preliminary tests J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Weihan Li, Xianxu “Frank” Bai, Ping Jiang, Ling Yuan, Hui Liu, Pu Gao, Anding Zhu, Jiabao Pan
Minimizing shock loads transmitted to sensitive structures or equipment is the objective of shock mitigation control. The core of shock mitigation control using magnetorheological (MR) energy absor...
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Fatigue behaviour of piezoelectric ceramic stack under large cyclic dynamic loading J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Guangya Ding, Zijun Xing, Naiyu Chen, Jun Wang, Li Shi
The fatigue behaviour of a piezoelectric ceramic stack co-fired at low temperatures under the influence of a large cyclic dynamic load was studied. The piezoelectric ceramic stack is equivalent to ...
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Performance evaluation of a novel squeeze mode magnetorheological fluid damper with pre-compression mechanism under small amplitude and medium-high frequency J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-11 Pingyang Li, Maosen Yan, Zhongwen Pan, Jinchao Ran, Xin Li, Xiaomin Dong
Under small amplitude and medium-high frequency excitations, mechanical properties of squeeze mode magnetorheological (MR) damper change obviously which are different from general properties. Perfo...