Reshaping the laboratory results presentation layer: three interfaces for handheld devices.

The interpretation of laboratory results is a critical part of the clinical decision making process. The proper understanding of many clinical conditions depends on the identification of evidences in the laboratory reports. If the classic tabular presentation of laboratory results has demonstrated its efficiency since many years, the increase number of potential results, the increased complexity of cases and the time shortage to analyses cases raise the question of finding more efficient ways of displaying these results to clinicians.

Three-dimensional modeling of piezoelectric materials.

This paper deals with 3-D modeling of piezoelectric materials. The model is based on an exact description of the potential and electric field inside a material. Moreover, coherent piezoelectric equations are used.

New equivalent lumped electrical circuit for piezoelectric transformers.

A new equivalent circuit is proposed for a contour-vibration-mode piezoelectric transformer (PT). It is shown that the usual lumped equivalent circuit derived from the conventional Mason approach is not accurate. The proposed circuit, built on experimental measurements, makes an explicit difference between the elastic energies stored respectively on the primary and secondary parts.

Modal control of beam flexural vibration.

An active control system was developed to control the flexural vibrations of a beam with a modal filtering with only one secondary actuator. Segmented piezoelectric actuators and sensors were used for driving and sensing the bending beam vibrations. The primary actuator was fed by a broadband random disturbance signal in order to excite the first five modes of the structure.

Characterization of piezoceramics.

A 3-D approach to piezoelectric material characterization, based on the assumption that the coordinate axes are pure mode propagation directions, is described. In this case the general equations simplify and an analytical solution can be achieved. For two geometrical shapes (rectangular and cylindrical), stress and strain tensor components and the electrical impedance of the sample are obtained.