PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS -- PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Recent Progress in Thick-Film Piezoelectric Actuators Prepared by Screen-Printing -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Piezoceramic Thick-Film Structures -- 2.1. Processing of Piezoceramic Thick Films -- 2.2. Characterisation of Piezoelectrc Thick Films -- 3. Piezoelectric Thick-Film Actuators -- 3.1. Cantilever-Type Actuators -- 3.1.1. Thick-Film Multilayer Actuator Structures -- 3.1.2. Substrate-Free Actuator Structures -- 3.2. Membrane-Type Actuators -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2: Pressure Control of Vehicle ABS Using Piezoactuator-Based Valve Modulator -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Piezovalve System -- Pressure Tracking Control -- Wheel Slip Control for Vehicle ABS -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: High Power Ultrasonic Actuators Based on the Langevin Transducer: Classical Configurations and Recent Designs -- Abstract -- 1. The Langevin Transducer -- 1.1. Historical background -- 1.2. Design criterions -- 2. Ultrasonic Concentrators -- 2.1. Theory -- 2.2. Conical concentrator -- 2.3. Exponential concentrator -- 2.4. Catenoidal concentrator -- 2.5. Sectional concentrator -- 3. Langevin Transducer with Ultrasonic Concentrator -- 3.1. Design criterion in vacuum -- 3.2. Applications -- 4. A New Flexural Ultrasonic Actuator -- 4.1. Working principles -- 4.2. Finite element model -- 4.3. Basic design -- 4.4. A flexural multifrequency actuator -- References -- Chapter 4: Active Control of the Dynamics of Hinged-Hinged Beam Using Piezoelectric Absorber -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modelling of the Dynamics of a Hinged-Hinged Beam under Transversal Excitation by an Un-bounded Single Well f6 Potential -- 3. Description of the Model and General Mathematical Formalism.

3.1. Description of the physical model -- 3.2. General mathematical formalism -- 3.3. Optimization of control process -- 3.4. Stability of active structural control -- 3.5. Effects of the control on the amplitude of Harmonic oscillations -- 3.6. Effects of the control on the appearance of unbounded motion -- 3.7. Effects of the control on the basin of stability -- 4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5: Modeling and Control of Piezoelectric Actuator Systems -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Piezoelectric Actuator -- 3. Mathematical Modelling of Hysteresis -- 3.1. The Maxwell model -- 3.2. The time delay model -- 3.3. The Jiles-Atherton model -- 3.4. The Preisach model -- 3.5. The LuGre model -- 4. Modeling of the Piezoelectric Actuator -- 5. Controller Design -- 6. Simulation -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Index.