... motion is purely linear or rotational. Mechatronics Sensors and actuators Electro-mechanical systems 08 04 2018 07 08 2018 Contributed by the Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF V IBRATION AND A COUSTICS . Manuscript...

... Mechatronics Non-linear vibration Smart materials Electro-mechanical systems Structures For the last decade, vibration energy harvesting has flourished as a major research area with great potential in the real-world applications, which can be found across a broad spectrum of power levels, ranging...

... of discretized equations of motion are obtained through a variational approach. Mechatronics Non-linear vibration Sensors and actuators Smart materials Stability Electro-mechanical systems Structures The third challenge is that a realistic PZT thin-film microactuator employs partial electrodes...

... of curvature are equal. Finally, the unidirectional snap-through renders an explanation to the experimental findings in Part 1. Mechatronics Non-linear vibration Sensors and actuators Smart materials Stability Electro-mechanical systems Structures Although the discretized formulation...

... OF V IBRATION AND A COUSTICS . Manuscript received December 11, 2016; final manuscript received September 11, 2017; published online October 20, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Lei Zuo. 11 12 2016 11 09 2017 Mechatronics Smart materials Electro-mechanical systems Structures...

... 02 2017 Mechatronics Non-linear vibration Sensors and actuators Electro-mechanical systems Biological oscillators are oscillators made up of a set of biological entities delivering oscillatory signal of different kinds in different biological systems, such as respiratory system...

...Jeffrey F. Rhoads; Hanna Cho; John Judge; Slava Krylov; Steven W. Shaw; Mohammad Younis 03 05 2017 04 05 2017 Mechatronics Electro-mechanical systems Since the pioneering work of Harvey Nathanson and his collaborators in the mid-1960s, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS...

... that can be made so as to enhance the robustness and reliability of the candidate resonators. 05 12 2016 19 04 2017 Mechatronics Non-linear vibration Electro-mechanical systems Generating samples to create the response surface is a very important part of the uncertainty...

... IBRATION AND A COUSTICS . Manuscript received December 3, 2016; final manuscript received February 17, 2017; published online May 30, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Slava Krylov. 03 12 2016 17 02 2017 Mechatronics Noise control Non-linear vibration Sensors and actuators Stability Electro...

... Mechatronics Smart materials Electro-mechanical systems Structures The advances in low-power electronics have given rise to the popularity of energy harvesting systems for powering wireless sensors networks, instead of electrochemical batteries. Among various ambient energy sources, mechanical...

.... Editor: Nader Jalili. 03 05 2015 01 07 2016 Mechatronics Sensors and actuators Smart materials Structures Hearing loss is a common disability in aging seniors and people who work long hours in noisy environments. Severe hearing loss often results from dysfunction or loss...

... , “ Design Approaches for Shaping Polyvinylidene Fluoride Sensors in Active Structural Acoustic Control (ASAC) ,” J. Intell. Mater. Syst. Struct. , 4 ( 3 ), pp. 354 – 365 . 10.1177/1045389X9300400308 Mechatronics Sensors and actuators Smart materials Electro-mechanical systems Structures...

... 10 2015 28 06 2016 Mechatronics Smart materials Structural dynamics Vibration control Electro-mechanical systems Structures Control Vibration has been a serious concern in many civil structures, such as tall buildings, long-span bridges, and slender towers. For instance...