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University of Lisbon
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> Mini-symposia
MS01
Piezoelectric Vibration Control: Modelling, Tuning and Applications
Marta Berardengo, Department of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
Jan Høgsberg, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Boris Lossouarn, Laboratoire de Mécanique des Structures et des Systèmes Couplés, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, Paris, France
Stefano Manzoni, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Description: Piezoelectric transducers play a key role in modern vibration control strategies, offering efficient and compact solutions for vibration attenuation in lightweight structures, from nano- to macro-scale applications. Owing to their technological maturity, reliability, and favorable force-to-size ratio, piezoelectric devices have become well-established components in smart structural systems across a wide range of engineering and industrial fields.
By exploiting both the direct and inverse piezoelectric effects, the transducers can simultaneously perform sensing and actuation functions, leading to simple system architectures offering high control capabilities. This versatility allows piezoelectric devices to be implemented in passive, semi-active, hybrid, and fully active vibration control solutions. Furthermore, they enable the development of high-performance control strategies, where damping characteristics can be finely tuned and adapted to changing or uncertain operating conditions, offering superior performance compared to purely mechanical treatments. These principles also offer opportunities for the design of advanced vibration attenuation concepts such as nonlinear energy sinks, adaptive mounts, or piezoelectric-based metastructures.
This Mini-Symposium aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on smart piezoelectric vibration control systems. Contributions are welcomed on theoretical developments, modelling techniques, control design, experimental validation, and practical applications, ranging from laboratory-scale studies to industrial implementations.
Contact: boris.lossouarn@lecnam.net
Data-driven Biomaterials and Biomechanics
Miguel Castilho, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Miguel Bessa, Delft Univ., The Netherlands
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In silico clinical trials are the future of medicine and virtual testing and simulation are the future of medical engineering. Usage of computational platform will provide lower costs and less required time for developing new models of medical devices and drugs. In this mini-symposium some papers with multiscale modeling and artificial intelligence application of cardiovascular disease which consider a comprehensive list of patient specific features as genetic, biological, pharmacologic, clinical, imaging and cellular aspects will be presented. The aim is to avoid adverse effects, drug interactions, preventing sudden cardiac death, shortening time between the drug treatment commencement and the desired result. It will open a new avenue for research and commercial projects to better recognize in silico paradigm inside medical device and drug industry.
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