Piezo-actuated Vibration and Flutter Control

The potential application of smart materials is being investigated by various researchers inthe perspective of building intelligent systems. A smart structure consists of distributed actuatorsand sensors with associated processors to analyse and control the structure. Piezoceramics,magnetostrictive materials, electro-rheological fluids, magneto-rheological fluids, shape memoryalloys, fibre optics are quite often used in realising a smart/intelligent system. In this paper,vibration and flutter control using piezoceramics is reviewed. Various aspects covering relativemerits of piezoceramics with other smart materials and application capabilities are discussed