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October 2001
Table of Contents
Innovations
in Structural Damping and Vibration Control Techniques
12 pages
Devendra P. Garg, Mechanical
Eng, Duke University and Eng
Sciences Directorate, U.S. Army Research Office,
Gary L. Anderson, Structures
and Mechanics Branch, Eng
Sciences Directorate, U.S. Army Research Office.
Active Vibration
Control of a Fluid-loaded Plate
10 Pages
Oliver M. Fein, Institute
A of Mechanics
Lothar Gaul, University
of Stuttgart, Allmandring 5B, Stuttgart, Germany.
"Smart
Spring" Concept for Active Noise and Vibration Control in Helicopters
8 Pages
D.G. Zimcik, V. Wickramasinghe
and F. Nitzsche, NRC, Ottawa, Canada.
Application
of Shape Memory Alloy for the Vibration Control of Cantilever Beam
8 Pages
X. X. Jiang, M. Mullavey,
D. Xu, A Yousefi-Koma and D. Nikanpour, Advanced Materials and Thermal
Group, Space Technologies, Canadian Space Agency,
G Akhras, Dept of
Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada.
Modeling: An
Under-utilized Tool for Smart Materials and Structures
10 Pages
Virginia G. DeGiorgi, Multifunctional
Materials Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Modeling of
Flexible Structures with Piezoelectric Actuators Using Finite Element
Approaches
10 Pages
E. Sekouri and Y. R. Hu, Directorate
of Spacecraft engineering, CSA, St-Hubert, Canada.
Smart Non-linear
Materials for Optical Signal Beam Control in the 1.5 mm
Range
10 Pages
A.Kuzhelev, and A. Dudelzak, Canadian Space Agency, Quebec, Canada
G. Pasmanik, Passat
Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Efficient Amplifiers
for Smart Structure Actuators
8 Pages
Douglas K Lindner, Dept of Electrical and Computer Eng, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
Amplification
in Inchworm Precision Positioners
8 Pages
P.E.Tenzer and R. Ben Mrad, Department
of mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, ON.
A Simple and
Cost-effective Control System for Piezoelectric Actuator System
8 Pages
Wei Zhao, W.J. Zhang, and G.H. Zong, Advanced Eng Design Laboratory,
Dept of Mechanical
Eng, University of Saskatchewan.
RPV Design Issues
and Integration of a Piezoelectric Adaptive Wing
12 Pages
António P. Costa1,
Paulo A. Moniz 2, Afzal Suleman3
1 Aeronautical
Laboratory, Portuguese Air Force Academy, Sintra, Portugal.
2 IDMEC-Instituto
Superior Técnico, Dept. Mech. Eng. Lisbon, Portugal.
3 Univ.
of Victoria, Dept. Mech. Eng., Victoria, B.C. Canada.
Dielectric Polymeric
Actuators for Active Vibration Damping
10 Pages
J. Szabo, Defence Research
Establishment Atlantic,
B.White, and J. Leidner,
Bodycote Materials Testing Canada Inc.
RF Micro-Electromechanical
Switches
10 Pages
S.N. Qiu1,
C.X. Qiu1, I. Shih2, S. Choi3, M. Yu3,
G. Brassard4 and G. Séguin4
1CIS
Scientific Inc., Brossard, Quebec,
2Electrical Eng Dept, McGill University,
3Com Dev
International Ltd., Cambridge, Ontario,
4Canadian
Space Agency, Saint-Hubert, Quebec.
Flexural Brake
Mechanism for Inchworm Actuator
12 Pages
A. Suleman and S. Burns,
University of Victoria, Mechanical Eng, Victoria, B.C.
D. Waechter, R. Blacow,
B. Yan and S.E. Prasad, Sensor Technology Ltd, Collingwood,
Ontario.
Active Vibration
Control of a Smart Beam
12 Pages
Yavuz Yaman, Tarkan Çalýþkan,
Dept. of Aeronautical Eng, METU, Turkey
Volkan Nalbantoðlu,
ASELSAN Electronics Industries, Ankara, Turkey
Eswar Prasad, David Waechter,
Sensortech Limited, Canada.
Enhancements
of a Model for Electrostriction and Magnetostriction:
Theory and Experiment
8 Pages
Jean C. Piquette and Elizabeth
A. McLaughlin, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA,
Wei Ren and Binu K. Mukherjee,
Dept of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada.
Flextensional
Transducers with Shape Memory Caps for Tunable Devices
12 Pages
R.E. Newnham and R.J. Meyer,
Jr., The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA.
Non-linear Effects
in Piezoelectric Ceramics: Dependence of Properties on
Applied Field and Stress
10 Pages
Binu Mukherjee, Wei Ren, Guomao Yang, Shi-Fang Liu and Anthony J. Masys
Department of Physics,
Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Growth and Properties
of Single Crystals of Relaxor Materials Obtained
from High Temperature Solution
10 Pages
A.Dabkowski, H.Dabkowska,
J.E.Greedan, Brockhouse Institute for
Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
Eswar Prasad, David Waechter,
Sensor Technology Limited, Collingwood,
Ontario, Canada.
New High Temperature
Morphotropic Phase Boundary Piezoelectric Ceramics
8 Pages
Richard Eitel, Clive A. Randall,
Thomas R. Shrout, Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA
Paul W. Rehrig and Wes
Hackenberger, TRS Ceramics, Inc.,State College, PA.
Optimization
Design and Dynamic Analysis of Shape Memory Alloy Strips on
a Cantilevered Aluminum Beam
6 Pages
D. Xu, X. Jiang, M. Mullavey
and D. Nikanpour, Materials & Thermal Group, Space
Technologies, Canadian Space Agency, QC, Canada.
Strategies for Smart Materials
and Intelligent Devices Deployment in
Civil Infrastructure
8 Pages
Tamer E. El-Diraby, University
of Toronto, Canada.
Conceptual study of an Autonomous
Microsystem for Ground Observation
8 Pages
P. Laou, L. Ngo Phong, Defence
Research Establishment Valcartier,
M. Garon, INO.
Synthesis and Characterization
of Magnetostrictive and Magnetic Shape Memory
Materials
10 Pages
M.A. Gharghouri, T. Koch,
Dept. of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Dalhousie
University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
C. Hyatt, Defense
Research Establishment Atlantic, Dartmouth, N.S., Canada.
Autonomic Healing of Polymer
Composites
8 Pages
D. Therriault, E. Brown,
M. Kessler, S. Sureh and S. R. White, Dept.
of Aeronautical and Astronautical Eng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A Crack Identification Method
for Steel Jacket Offshore Platforms Based
on Global and Local Responses
14 Pages
M.R. Alam and A.S.J. Swamidas, Memorial
University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF.
Life Cycle Costing of Smart
Materials and Intelligent Devices in Civil Infrastructure
Context
8 Pages
Tamer E. El-Diraby and Igor
Rasic, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Fluid-Structure Interactions
of Swimming Propulsion in Adaptive Undersea Vehicles
11 Pages
G. Pedro, A. Suleman, and N. Djilali, University
of Victoria, Dept of Mechanical Eng, Victoria.
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