Abstract: Cables play an important role in civil engineering and aerospace applications. The active control technique of cable using piezoelectric actuators has received extensive research interest.

Abstract: This paper introduces a Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control (STSMC) strategy integrated with a Bouc-Wen hysteresis model for tracking control of the piezoelectric (PZT) actuator. The ...

Scientists unveil a new class of lead-free materials that could change how everyday devices generate power from motion. And they achieved it using a soft, hybrid structure made from an unlikely ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some psychiatric disorders. By Carl Zimmer Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a ...