A novel fast tool servo driven by piezoelectric actuator for precision diamond turning is designed in this paper. To overcome the inherent hysteresis and drift nonlinearity effect of the piezoelectric actuator, a closed-loop control system is established using strain gauge integrated in the actuator for position feedback, which has compact structure and can avoid interference in the machining. ...

The generalized plane quasistatic deformations of linear piezoelectric laminated plates are analyzed by the Eshelby–Stroh formalism. The laminate consists of homogeneous elastic or piezoelectric laminae of arbitrary thickness and width. The three-dimensional differential equations of equilibrium for a piezoelectric body are exactly satisŽ ed at every point in the body. The analytical solution i...

Active mounts are desirable for isolating spacecraft science instruments from onboard vibrational sources such as motors and release mechanisms. Such active isolation mounts typically employ multilayer piezoelectric actuators to cancel these vibrational disturbances. The actuators selected for spacecraft systems must consume minimal power while exhibiting displacements of 5 to 10 μm under load....

In this article, the issue of attitude control and active vibration suppression of a nonlinear flexible spacecraft is assessed through piezoelectric patches as actuator and sensors. Two controller loops are applied: the inner loop, to make the panel vibration damped through piezoelectric patches; and the outer loop, to perform spacecraft maneuver using the reaction wheel acting on the hub. An o...