NASA MFC Piezocomposites: A Development History
Conference Presentation, ISPA Conference 2005, Dresden, Germany
Macro Fiber Composite as low cost strain and vibration sensor
Conference Presentation, ISPA Conference 2009, Dresden, Germany
Overview of Structural Health Monitoring
Conference Presentation, Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures Virginia Tech
Correcting Thermal Deformations in a Meter-Scale Reflector System using Piezocomposite Actuators
Publication, Jet Propulsion Lab and NASA Langley Research Center, Sept. 2011
Nonlinear Tensile and Shear Behavior of Macro Fiber Composite Actuator
Publication, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Reliability Testing of NASA Piezocomposite Actuators
Publication, U.S. Army Research Laboratory and NASA Langley Research Center
Reliability Investigation of piezoelectric Macro Fibre Composite (MFC) Actuators
Publication, Fraunhofer, Eras, IMMG, Inasmet, TU Darmstadt
Miniature piezo composite bimorph actuator for elevated temperature operation
Publication, Proceedings of IMECE 2007, ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition November 11-16, 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA
Description of new inflatable/rigidizable hexapod structure testbed for shape and vibration control
Publication, AIAA-2002-1451
F-16 Ventral Fin Buffet Alleviation Using Piezoelectric Actuators
Publication, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Oh, 45433
Temperature – Dependent coefficients of thermal expansion for macro fiber composite actuators
Publication, CIMSS, Virginia Tech, NASA Langley Research Center
A Morphing Concept Based on Unsymmetric Composite Laminates and Piezoceramic MFC Actuators
Publication, NASA Langley Research Center
Downscaling of Finger Electrodes in 3-3 Fiber Composite Transducers
Conference Presentation, ISPA Conference 2007, Dresden, Germany
Experimental Measurement of a Blade Section with a Continuous Trailing-Edge Flap
Publication, AHS 72nd Annual Forum, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, May 17-19, 2016
Continuous Trailing-Edge Flaps for Primary Flight Control of a Helicopter Main Rotor
Publication, AHS 70th Annual Forum, Montréal, Québec, Canada, May 20–22, 2014
On the active deformations of hybrid specimens
Publication, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal 88/5 (2016) 676–687 Emerald Group Publishing Limited [ISSN 1748-8842]
Rigidizable Inflatable Get-Away-Special Experiment(RIGEX) Space Flight Data Analysis
Publication, 50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference 4 – 7 May 2009, Palm Springs, California
Summary of available Publications for the Development of MFC actuated UAVs started at Virginia Tech in 2007
Publication 2007 – 2011, various publication sources
High Bandwidth Morphing Aerofoil
Publication, 5nd International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies October 6-8th, 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands
Aerodynamic and Electromechanical Design, Modeling and Implementation of Piezocomposite Airfoils
Publication, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Morphing Inflatable Wing Development for Compact Package Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Publication, AIAA 2004-1807 SDM Adaptive Structures Forum
Deformation of the Upper and Lower Surfaces of an Airfoil by Macro Fiber Composite Actuators
Publication 31st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference June 24-27, 2013, San Diego, CA
Deformation of the Upper Surface of an Airfoil by Macro Fiber Composite Actuators
Publication, 30th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 25 – 28 June 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana
Shape Change of the Upper Surface of an Airfoil by Macro Fiber Composite Actuators
Publication, 29th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 27 – 30 June 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii
Damage Detection in CFRP Laminates by Ultrasonic Wave Propagation Using MFC Actuator and FBG Sensor
Publication, 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
Publication, University of San Diego, Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Use of High-Frequency Response Functions for Composite Plate Monitoring with Ultrasonic Validation
Publication, AIAA2005, Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Use of Macro-Fiber Composites for Pipeline Structural Health Assessment
Publication, IJSHM2005, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Temperature effects in ultrasonic Lamb wave structural health monitoring systems
Conference Presentation, University of San Diego
Low frequency, non resonant energy harvesting using piezo ceramic Macro Fiber Composites
Presesentation at the 2011 EH Conference, Roanoke, VA
Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester
Conference Presentation, 10th CMCee, May 2012
High efficient energy harvesting using piezo macro fiber composites on vibrators with optimized energy transfer
Conference Presentation, Presesentation at the 2010 SPIE Smart Structure Conference
Energy Harvesting for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Publication, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester
Conference Presentation, UIA Conference 2017, Dresden, Germany
Energy Harvesting Systems Using Piezo Electric Macro Fiber Composites
Publication, Fraunhofer IKTS and Smart Material Corp. joint publication 2008
An implantable biomechanical energy harvester for animal monitoring devices
Link, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA 2022
Energy Harvesting with Stack Actuators
Publication, Ceramtec AG, 2015
Tracking Pitch Link Dynamic Loads with Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors
Publication, American Helicopter Society 63rd Annual Forum, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-3, 2007
A Self-Powered Low-Cost Blood Pressure Measurement Device Powered by a Solid-State Vibration Energy Harvester
Publication, Journal of Clinical Hypertension, published online first on April 24, 2015. doi: 10.1111/jch.12554
Experimental Study of Macro Fiber Composite-Magnet Energy Harvester for Self-Powered Active Magnetic Bearing Rotor Vibration Sensor
Publication, MDPI Energies, Energies 2020, 13, 4806; doi:10.3390/en13184806
Macro Fiber Composite publications on ResearchGate
Link for a general search on the ResearchGate website to list all Macro Fiber Composite publications. We counted > 1,100
Macro Fiber Composite publications on Academia.edu
Link for a general search on the Academia.edu website to list all Macro Fiber Composite publications. We counted > 1,120
Energy Harvesting MFC publications on ResearchGate
Link for a general search on the ResearchGate website to list all publications using the MFC in an energy harvesting
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