Active control of composite box beams using in-plane piezoelectric actuation and structural coupling with optimization

Physics & Astronomy

• box beams 100%
• active control 68%
• actuation 60%
• piezoelectric actuators 46%
• optimization 37%
• composite materials 35%
• ply orientation 34%
• actuators 31%
• damping 30%
• penalties 20%
• torsion 18%
• resonant frequencies 16%
• time lag 16%
• retarding 14%
• trends 14%
• vibration 12%
• configurations 10%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Piezoelectric actuators 45%
• Composite materials 33%
• Damping 29%
• Actuators 28%
• Torsional stress 19%
• Natural frequencies 16%