Research Article

Simultaneous Piezoelectric Actuator and Sensor Placement Optimization and Control Design of Manipulators with Flexible Links Using SDRE Method

Table 1

Beam and piezoelectric properties (Example 6.1).

BeamActuatorsSensors

Young’s modulus (GPa)210 × 109139 × 109139 × 109
Mass density (kg m−3)750078107810
Stress constant 𝑑 3 1 (m V−1)11 × 10−11
Strain constant 𝑔 3 1 (Vm N−1)0.01
Thickness (m)2 × 10−3 → 1.6 × 10−340 × 10-640 × 10-6
Width (m)0.030.030.03
Length (m)0.5