This study presents a generic TITOP (Two-Input Two-Output Port) model of a substructure actuated with embedded piezoelectric materials as actuators (PEAs), previously modeled with the FE technique. This allows intuitive assembly of actuated flexible substructures in large flexible multi-body systems. The modeling technique is applied to an illustrative example of a flexible beam with bonded piezoelectric strip and vibration attenuation of a chain of flexible beams.
@article{arxiv.1602.07591,
title = {Linear Modeling of a Flexible Substructure Actuated through Piezoelectric Components for Use in Integrated Control/Structure Design},
author = {Jose Alvaro Perez and Thomas Loquen and Daniel Alazard and Christelle Pittet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.07591},
year = {2016}
}