For some time, engineers and scientists have been using the nature as an inspiration for their design of advanced robotics and mechanical systems...
Keywords: active materials, adaptive structures, piezoelectrics, magnetostrictive, morphing structures
06/2006 | at Automatisierungstechnik, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagUnwanted externally excited or self-induced vibrations occurring in many mechanical structures of our engineered environment need to be reduced in the interest of lower environmental impact and increased structural durability...
Keywords: adaptronic, active materials, auxiliary mass damper, dynamic vibration absorber, vibration damping
06/2006 | at Automatisierungstechnik, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagDue to the high dynamic positioning capability and the nearly unlimited resolution especially active materials in connection with high precision positioning sensors and a low noise control electronic are well suited for the realisation of ultra high precision parallel positioning systems if the necessary displacements are sufficiently small...
Keywords: structural dynamics, active materials, parallel kinematics, memory nonlinearities
09/2007 | at Automatisierungstechnik, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag