An Overview of Composite Actuators with piezoceramic fibers

R. Brett Williams and Daniel J. Inman

Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, 310 Durham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0261

DESCRIPTION OF NEW INFLATABLE/RIGIDIZABLE HEXAPOD STRUCTURE TESTBED FOR SHAPE AND VIBRATION CONTROL

O. Adetona , L.H. Keel, Tennessee State University
L.G. Horta, Structural Dynamic Branch, NASA Langley Research Center
D.P. Cadogan, G.H. Sapna, S.E. Scarborough, ILC Dover, Inc.

AIAA-2002-1451

F-16 Ventral Fin Buffet Alleviation Using Piezoelectric Actuators

Joseph S. Browning, Richard G. Cobb, Robert A. Canfield and Sean K. Miller

Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Oh, 45433

Correcting Thermal Deformations in a Meter-Scale Reflector System using Piezocomposite Actuators

S Case Bradford, Catherine M. Ohara, Gregory S. Agnes, W. Keats Wilkie

Jet Propulsion Lab and NASA Langley Research Center, Sept. 2011

Aerodynamic and Electromechanical Design, Modeling and Implementation of Piezocomposite Airfoils

Onur Bilgen

Dissertation submitted

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, Virginia

Nonlinear Tensile and Shear Behavior of Macro Fiber Composite Actuator

R. Brett Williams, Marc R. Schultz, Michael W. Hyer, Daniel J. Inman and W. Keats Wilkie

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, Virginia

MINIATURE PIEZO COMPOSITE BIMORPH ACTUATOR FOR ELEVATED TEMPERATURE OPERATION

Charles W. Seeley, Eladio Delgado, Dirk Bellamay, General Electric
Jan Kunzmann, Smart Material Corp

Proceedings of IMECE 2007, ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition

November 11-16, 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA

A Morphing Concept Based on Unsymmetric Composite Laminates and Piezoceramic MFC Actuators

Marc R. Schultz

NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 23681-2199

Michael W. Hyer

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 24061

NEXT GENERATION ACTIVE BUFFET SUPPRESSION SYSTEM

Robert W. Moses et al, NASA Langley Research Center, Virginia

AIAA 2000

Nonlinear Tensile and Shear Behavior of Macro Fiber Composite Actuators

R. Brett Williams, Marc R. Schultz, Michael W. Hyer, Daniel J. Inman,

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

W. Keats Wilkie

NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NASA PIEZOCOMPOSITE ACTUATOR TECHNOLOGY

W. Wilkie
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Hampton, VA, USA
D. Inman
Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
J. High
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
R. Williams
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA

Reliability Investigation of piezoelectric Macro Fibre Composite (MFC) Actuators

Authors: Dr. J. Nuffer*, Fraunhofer LBF, Germany
Dr. A. Schönecker, B. Brückner, Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany
D. Kohlrautz, ERAS GmbH, Germany
Dr. P. Michelis, IMMG, Greece
O. Adarraga, Inasmet Tecnalia, Spain
Dr. K. Wolf, TU Darmstadt, Germany

August 2003

Reliability Testing of NASA Piezocomposite Actuators

W. Wilkie, J. High, J. Bockman

U.S. Army Research Laboratory and NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA

Rigidizable Inflatable Get-Away-Special Experiment(RIGEX) Space Flight Data Analysis

Brett J. Cooper, Jonathan T. Black, Eric D. Swenson and Richard G. Cobb
Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433

50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference
4 - 7 May 2009, Palm Springs, California

TEMPERATURE –DEPENDENT COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSION FOR MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE ACTUATORS

R. Brett Williams, Daniel J. Inman, and W. Keats Wilkie

Department of Mechanical Engineering, CIMSS, Virginia Tech
Structural Dynamics Branch, NASA Langley Research Center

Aerodynamic and Electromechanical Design, Modeling and Implementation of Piezocomposite Airfoils

Onur Bilgen

Dissertation submitted

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, Virginia

Morphing Inflatable Wing Development for Compact Package

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

David Cadogan, Tim Smith et al, ILC Dover, Frederica, DE 19946

AIAA 2004-1807 SDM Adaptive Structures Forum

Summary of available Publications for the Development of MFC actuated UAVs 
started at Virginia Tech in 2007

Dan Inman, Onur Bilgen, John Ohanian

2007 - 2011, various publication sources

Piezoelectric 1-3 Composites Using Advanced Fiber- and Molding Technology

Andreas Schönecker, Lutz Seffner, Sylvia Gebhard

Fraunhofer IKTS Presentation

ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS USING PIEZO-ELECTRIC MACRO FIBER COMPOSITES

Jan Kunzmann, Andreas Schönecker, Thomas Daue

Fraunhofer IKTS and Smart Material Corp. joint publication
Polytechnic Institute and State University, 310 Durham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0261

ENERGY HARVESTING FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

Steven R. Anton
Faculty Advisor: Daniel J. Inman

Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060

Tracking Pitch Link Dynamic Loads with Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors

Steven W. Arms , Christopher P. Townsend, David L. Churchill, Michael Augustin, David Yeary, Paul Darden, Nam Phan

Presented at the American Helicopter Society 63rd Annual Forum, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-3, 2007

Damage Detection in CFRP Laminates by Ultrasonic Wave Propagation Using MFC Actuator and FBG Sensor

Yoji Okabe and Fumihiro Nakayama

Department of Mechabical and Biofunctional Systems, The University of Tokyo Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan

Health Monitoring of UAV Wing Skin-to-spar Joints Using Guided Waves and Macro Fiber Composite Transducers

Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Howard Matt, Ivan Bartoli, Stefano Coccia, Gyuhae Park, Charles Farrar

NDE & Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory Department of Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, M.C. 0085, La Jolla, California 92093-0085, USA
Engineering Sciences & Applications, Engineering Institute, MS T001, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

Temperature effects in ultrasonic Lamb wave structural health monitoring systems

Francesco Lanza di Scaleaa and Salvatore Salamone

NDE and Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Structural Engineering,
University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, M.C. 0085, La Jolla, San Diego, California 92093-0085

The Use of High-Frequency Response Functions for Composite Plate Monitoring with Ultrasonic Validation

Gyuhae Park, Amanda C. Rutherford, Jeannette R. Wait, Brett R. Nadler, Charles R. Farrar

Engineering Sciences & Applications, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM 875455

The Use of Macro-Fiber Composites for Pipeline Structural Health Assessment

Heather C. Chiamori, Andrew B. Thien, Jeff T. Ching, Jeannette R. Wait, Gyuhae Park

Engineering Sciences & Applications,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545

APPLICATION OF PIEZOCERAMIC MULTILAYER ACTUATORS, EXPERIENCES AND SOLUTIONS

R. Bindig, G. Helke, CeramTec AG, Lauf, Germany

Equivalent Circuits for Dynamic Use of Stack Actuators

R. Bindig, HJ. Schreiner

Ceramtec AG, Lauf, Germany