Use of magnetorheological elastomer for smart piezoelectric power actuator design and signal processing

G. Y. Zhou; Q. Wang

doi:10.1117/12.598431

17 May 2005 Use of magnetorheological elastomer for smart piezoelectric power actuator design and signal processing

G. Y. Zhou, Q. Wang

Proceedings Volume 5764, Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Smart Structures and Integrated Systems; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.598431
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper reviews the investigations of introducing magnetorheological elastomer (MRE)-based technologies to the design of smart electronic devices. Piezoelectric power actuators are required to operate at a resonant state in order to deliver maximum mechanical energy to loads. Owing to the field-dependent dynamic flexural rigidity of MRE-based structures, power actuators utilizing such structures exhibit the capability of compensating the change of the loads and keeping the resonant frequency at a fixed value. Four kinds of bender configurations for such smart actuators will be reviewed. They are: a cantilever suspended by an MRE patch at its free end, a single-layer MRE-based sandwich beam surface-bonded by piezoelectric patches, a multi-layer MRE-based sandwich beam surface-bonded by piezoelectric patches, and an inserts reinforced MRE-based sandwich beams surface-bonded by piezoelectric patches. Their driving capability and field-controllable capability are discussed in a detail. In addition, MRE-based structures are extended to propose linear time-variant systems for time-frequency signal processing. The system function is presented and the Wigner-Ville distribution is used to analyze the time-frequency distribution of the time-delayed response of the system. The system is proved to be a damped-vibration system with field-controllable resonant frequencies. Due to the field-controllable time-frequency pattern of the time-delayed response, the system can be used for data encryption and signal modulation.

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G. Y. Zhou and Q. Wang "Use of magnetorheological elastomer for smart piezoelectric power actuator design and signal processing", Proc. SPIE 5764, Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, (17 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.598431

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