Piezoelectric shunt damping is an innovative method for mitigating unwanted vibrations in structures by exploiting the electromechanical properties of piezoelectric transducers. When bonded to a ...

Experimental setup: (A) Schematic diagram and close-up photos of the piezoelectric cantilever beam and shunt circuits. (B) Photo of the experimental platform. In a significant leap for aerospace and ...

Benchmarking workshops (also called mechathons when held in the area of mechatronics) can be used to benchmark existing technologies and bring together experts of the same field in order to encourage ...

Ultrasound can be used for industrial inspection and automation - the technology is similar to the one know from medical ultrasonic imaging. Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers also find applications ...

Before humans discovered ultrasound for a variety of medical, technical and military applications, nature had perfected it over millions of years for navigation under and above water. Dolphins and ...

The increasing miniaturization and sophistication of electronic products, ranging from consumer media devices to medical diagnostic tools to defense-related sonar applications, presents a bounty of ...