Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Smart Materials and Structures

1. Energy Absorption of Axially-Impacted Column Controlled by Transverse Impact
Tadaharu Adachi

2. Seismic Performance of Tuned Mass Dampers
Christoph Adam, Thomas Furtmüller

3. Problems in Fast Moving Non-Holonomic Elastic Systems
Hartmut Bremer

4. Using GPS sensors in Structural Mechanics
Fabio Casciati, Zhicong Chen

5. Hybrid Control Procedures in Mitigating Cable Vibrations
Lucia Faravelli, Clemente Fuggini, Filippo Ubertini

6. Thermal Stress Analysis in a Functionally Graded Material Considering Finite Thermal Wave Speed
Toshio Furukawa

7. Numerical homogenization and optimization of smart composite materials
Ulrich Gabbert, Sreedhar Kari, Niels Bohn, Harald Berger

8. Hybride Bell Tower Like Structures in Earthquake Environment
Rudolf Heuer, S. Mehdi Yousefi

9. Tracking of Stresses: A Further Step Towards Ageless Structures
Hans Irschik, Michael Krommer, Markus Gusenbauer

10. Non-Linear Dynamic Deformation of a Piezothermoelastic Laminate
Masayuki Ishihara, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Naotake Noda

11. Determining Liquid Properties Using Mechanically Vibrating Sensors
Bernhard Jakoby, E. K. Reichel, F. Lucklum, B. Weiss, C. Riesch, F. Keplinger, R. Beigelbeck, W. Hilber

12. Mathematical Analysis of Flexural Vibration for a Functionally Graded Material Plate and Vibration Suppression by Flexural Wave Control
Ryuusuke Kawamura, Hiroshi Fujita, Kenichiro Heguri, Yoshinobu Tanigawa

13. Monitoring and control of multi-storey frame structures by strain-type actuators and sensors
Michael Krommer, Markus Zellhofer

14. Transient Piezothermoelastic Problem of a Functionally Graded Thermopiezoelectric Cylindrical Panel
Yoshihiro Ootao

15. Control of an Electronic Throttle Valve for Drive-by-Wire Applications
Markus Reichhartinger, Martin Horn, Anton Hofer

16. Output Regulation of Smart Structures, Theory and Practice
Thomas Rittenschober, Kurt Schlacher

17. Analysis of Weld Induced Plasticity by BFM
Akihide Saimoto

18. Evaluation of Internal Friction of Viscoelastic Composites with Meso-Scale Structures for Vibration Damping of Mechanical Structures
Yotsugi Shibuya

19. An Identification Method of the Time Dependence of the Impact Force by Using Acoustic Response and FEM Analysis
Tomoaki Tsuji, Takafumi Kurimoto, Toshikazu Shibuya

20. Infinite Row of Parallel Cracks in a Piezoelectric Material Strip under Mechanical and Transient Thermal Loadings
Sei Ueda

21. Elastodynamic Doppler Effects by a Moving Interface
Kazumi Watanabe, Naobumi Sumi

22. Compensation of flexible vibrations in a two-link robot by piezoelectric actuation
C. Zehetner, J. Gerstmayr

23. The basis of optimal active(static and dynamic) shape- and stress-control by means of smart materials
Franz Ziegler

Keywords: Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics