A novel technique for optimal placement of piezoelectric actuators on smart structures

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-23

  Mehrabian, Ali Reza ^a   Yousefi Koma, Aghil ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Invasive weed optimization; Neural networks; Optimization; Smart structures; Vibration control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; DISCRETE DATA; ELASTIC MODES; ELASTIC MOTIONS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; INVASIVE WEED OPTIMIZATION; MULTI-LAYER PERCEPTRON NEURAL NETWORKS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL STOCHASTIC; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF PIEZOELECTRIC; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; POINT OF INTEREST; RIGID-BODY MODES; SMART FIN; SMART MATERIALS; SMART STRUCTURES; SURFACE FITTING; VIBRATION CONTROL APPLICATION; VIBRATION SUPPRESSION;

ALGORITHMS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; NETWORK LAYERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; VIBRATION CONTROL; WEED CONTROL;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 78650766518     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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