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On the moderation of the piezoelectric effect
with control system and some applications
M. de Benedetti & R. Barboni
Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento
Aerospaziale, Via Eudossiana, 16,1-00184, Roma, Italy
E-mail: root@pcdebenedetti. ing. uniromal. it
Abstract
The conceptual approach to the modeling of the piezoelectric constitutiverelation with MSC/NASTRAN in one-dimensional static and dynamic cases isdiscussed. The role of the Finite Element Model of the piezoelectric material isto represent the actuator and the sensor of an adaptive control system for theactive damping of structural vibrations. Open and closed loop control systems,the amplifier and the piezo saturation functions are also modellised. For manypiezoelectric materials the constitutive relation can be represented with a systemof nine equations, composed by the six elasticity equations of the classicconstitutive theory, coupled with three additional electrical equations. In thisstudy, the reduction to a system of two second order differential equations isperformed, keeping into account the coupling role of the electro-mechanicalcharacteristics. Such procedure is applied to control models of simple structureswith a distribution of piezoelectric micro-actuators for different applications.
1 Introduction
In recent years a growing interest has been shown in the study of actuatorsand sensors which enable structures to adapt their shape and/or vibrationcharacteristics to applied external loads or their internal stress or strainstate, or their vibration state (Rogersfl]). Such active elements can be
made with piezoelectric materials and in particular with piezoceramics(PZT), capable to generate a difference of electric potential if subjected toa mechanical force (direct piezoelectric effect) or, vice-versa, to apply amechanical force if subjected to an electric field (inverse piezoelectric
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effect) (Crawley[2]). They can easily be installed on a structure, by
bonding or embedding. Two main groups of design parameters are present
in the structural vibration control problem: the first is composed by the
actuators and sensors dimensional and electromechanical characteristics,the second includes gain, robustness and control system transfer function
coefficients.
2 Analytical model
A piezoelectric homogeneous three dimensional continuum is given, it
occupies a closed region \j/ of the 3D space, delimited by a closed surfaceS, with local normal unit vector versn in the outer direction. The
boundary surface Softy can be considered divided in two separate parts
using with two different criteria:
(1)
(2)
VPexj/ the following relations hold:mechanical equilibrium relations:
<#vc7+P=0 (3)
kinematics relations:
F = j(vu + V,u) (4)
first Maxwell equation for the quasi-static electric field within an isotropic
homogeneous medium:d,vD = #,=0 (5)
definition of electric voltage:
E = - VF = -grad V (6)
The constitutive equations for the piezoelectric material are:
inverse effect:
a = £*£-t,E (7)
direct effect:
D=ff + f*E (8)
such equations can be expressed in the following equivalent form:
inverse effect:
£ = fV + E (9)
direct effect:
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E (10)
The boundary conditions are:
natural mechanic on Sf. o • vers n - f * = surface force (11)
natural electric on Sq. vers n D = q * = surface electric charge ( 1 2)
essential mechanic on £„: u = u * = imposed displacement (13)essential electric onSy.V = V*= imposed electric potential (14)
The following material symmetry relations are valid:
(16)
A system of 22 equations with 22 unknowns (%,, $,, q,, F, £,, A(ij= 1,2,3)) is obtained. In the vector representation of the strain and stresstensors, the constitutive relations become:
a = C*?-I,E (18)
D = S? + pE (19)
or equivalent:
£ = £*a + d,E (20)
D = HcF + f*E (21)
and the system composed by eqns (20) and (21) can be expressed in thefollowing matrix form (Hagood[3]):
d,
r E(22)
where the matrix % ° that couples vectors D and E (with constant stress)
is experimentally measured.
The piezoelectric strain matrix d couples vectors D and a . Its
transposed matrix d, couples the electric field vector E with the strain
vector s . The matrix S * couples the strain vector s and the stress vector
a . This matrix is experimentally measured with a constant electric field E.
It is possible to obtain the three components of the electric field vector intothe piezoelectric element, starting from the voltage difference applied on thefaces of a parallelepiped shaped piezo, with dimensions a, 6, c, (Figure 1)through the following relation (BarboniflO]):
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Eqn
G
G, X =
D
can
CE^12CE13
0
0
0
0
0
be wnoE
oE22
0
0
0
0
0
tteniioE
33
0
0
0
0
0
"1, 0 0"
0 \2 0
0 0 lj
i the followi
0 0
0 0
0 0
855 0
0 Sfj
0 0
0 d,5
0 0
P'l
•fel
ng explicit
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 i
0 d,,
$66 0
o %r
0 0
0 0
form
0 (
0 £
0 c
3,5
0
0
V
0
IB,"
1?
11
0
0
0
0
0
• •
E,
£2
£3,
(23)
(24)
The system (22) can be expressed in semi-inverse form, with the
following procedure:
#5)
(26)
(27)
If forces and displacements are only one-dimensional (along the xaxis) these equations are equivalent to the "pin-force" model of Strambi[4]
and Barboni[5]; if the electric field is applied only in the z direction, in eqn
(24) rows from the 2 to 8* can be deleted, obtaining:
" ""*~ '^ (28)
P -£^ -4
er,(29)
From the first of eqns (29):
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1 -*31y"31 A3 31
after the integration, the expression of the axial force Nj is obtained:
& 01&1 J I 1 7-^
(30)
(31)31
where Si is the area of the cross-section of the piezoelectric normal to the:
axis: S;=/2- &; &= li - &; 83= l\- h (Figure 1);t*' deformed
configuration
Figure 1. Piezoceramic element.
From the definition of strain and electrical displacement:
The
>the
bi — -, LJ? — —1, 83 l,-l,
normal force is:
N *z '*) Al ^rU _1^1 / 2 \ ZAij / v L{
(sf.-^-J-i,
following positions:
If *2'*3 • A , ^31 "Is
i-)/;
(33)
n&\
%3
and indicating with Fthe axial force Nxi, and with x the displacement MI
between the two extremes of the piezo, due to its shape variation, eqn (33)becomes:
F = kx + Aq (35)
In the dynamic case, eqn (35) can be generalised, obtaining:mx+bx+hc + Aq = F (36)
Eqn (36) represents the dynamic behaviour of a one-degree of freedom
discrete system with a mass m subjected to a force F, connected to a rigid
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support by an elastic spring with axial stiffness k, and by a damper with
viscous damping coefficient b. The difference between eqn (36) and the
differential eqn describing a classic mass-spring-damper dynamic systemconsists in the presence of the coefficient A, coupling the charge q and theforce F; this means that the "structural" variable x and the electricalvariable q are not independent in the piezo system.
The following eqn (37) corresponds to eqn (36), with electrical
quantities (inductance L, resistance R, capacity C) of the piezo subjected to
a voltage V.
Lq + Rq + — q + Ax = V (37)C
This equation is similar to the one describing an electric RLC series
circuit. The difference consists in the presence of the coefficient A,
coupling the displacement x and the electric potential V.The system of eqns (36) and (37) is the piezo constitutive relation, in
terms of equilibrium equations, and can be represented in the following
matrix formulation, using the Laplace transform:
mp(38)
3 Numerical model
To perform the calculation with numerical data representative of a realpiezo, a PZT actuator previously used during experimental tests has beenconsidered (Gaudenzi[6], and Friedmann[7]), obtaining the following data:
/3i =7.257-l(
f =1.6112-10-* <%
l =1.895-10^^/2/m
•ml AM
L =5.08-10-'m
=2.54-HP* m (39)
the coefficients of relation (38) can be obtained from the coefficients of eqn
(28) through relations (34):
: = 1.081971.10? &{ otherwise: P /,1(40)
The piezo element mass m is:
otherwise:
= 4.9- (41)
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The viscous damping coefficient b can be obtained from the assumed
value of the damping factor £
^ = 0.01 ; 6=2 m = 2 Vw==3.572931 / (42)/ sElectrical coefficients are known from the material specifications.
mass
damping
stiffness
inductance
resistance
capacity
coupling
m-
b=
k=
L=
R=£=
A=
2.949672- KT*
3.572931
1.081971-10'
0.02
7.0
3-1CT*
1.681953-10'
Kg
Kg-s-'
Kg-s-'
H
n
F
Kg-m-s-'-C'
Table. 1: Piezoelectric electrical and mechanical characteristics.
3.1 Stability analysis
The following hypotheses have been assumed: the piezo has a perfect
electric contact between the piezo crystal side and the electrode, and a
perfect adherence (bonding) between the face of the piezo crystal and the
controlled structure, the piezo coefficients are constant in time and space.
An eventual stiffness of the bonding material can be modelled throughspecific elements positioned between the piezo model and the structure. The
stability study of the system as a function of the assigned value of its
coefficients can be performed through the stability analysis of the followingfourth order differential system in the independent variable t\
Imx + bx + kx + Aq = F
Lq + Rq+—q + Ax = V
Olfi(44)
'm 0~
,0 IJlfJ'LO R\{q\ L o-J^ r;
It can be demonstrated that to verify the stability of this system, being
k A^
AC
symmetric, it is sufficient to impose that Det[AT]>0, to
L U J
obtain the condition that ensures the system asymptotic stability (Figure 2):k
0<C<
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D»t[K] (Kg*s-2*F-l)/"0.001
Figure 2. Variation ofDet[KJ with the capacity C.
With the given values of the remaining parameters m, b, k, L, R, A, the
variation range of the capacity C for the system stability is:
0<C< 3.8246-10-8 F (46)The variation of the real part of the complex eigenvalue p as a
function of the capacity C is represented in Figures from 3 to 10:-40Cf
-450
-500
-550
Re[pi]-528.-528.-528.-528.-528.-528.
57*574574574574574
v
C (F)X
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 11. 10 2. 10 3. 10 4. 10
Figures 3 and 4. Variation of the real part Re[pi] of the first complexeigenvalue;?/ with the capacity C (reduced scale and enlarged scale).
-400
-450
-500
-550
-8
-528.-528.-528.-528.-528.-528.
Ri574'574574574574574
j[p2]
v_
C (F)
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 11. 10 2. 10 3. 10 4. 10
Figures 5 and 6. Variation of the real part Re[p2J of the second complexeigenvalue/?2 with the capacity C (reduced scale and enlarged scale).
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-6UURe[p3]-300
-400
-500
-600
~
-8 -8 -81. 10 2. 10 3. 10 4.
-32227.7-32227.7-32227.8-32227.8-32227.8
C (F) -32227-8\, -32227 8-8
10 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
Figures 7and 8. Variation of the real part Re[ps] of the third complex
eigenvalue ps with the capacity C (reduced and enlarged scale).
RJp4J100
-100
-200
-300
-400C (F)
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
Figures 9 and 10. Variation of the real part RefpJ of the fourth complex
eigenvalue /?* with the capacity C (reduced and enlarged scale).
4 Model Test Procedure
The described model was subjected to functional tests through several
applications with one or more piezo, with and without supporting structure,with a static or dynamic excitation, with a closed or open control loop,having effect on the actuation force F or on the voltage V. For some of
these models, the obtained results have been analytically verified.
4.1 Elementary Models and Applications
In the following Table 2 the performed numerical tests are listed:
Mod.
1
2
3
4
5
PZT
N.
1
1
1
1
1
Structure
NO
NO
NO
beam 1 el.
beam 10 el.
Ax./Flex
/
/
/
Axial
Axial
Excit.S/D
Dynamic
Dynamic
Static
Static
Static
Cont.O/C
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Cont.qu.
Force
Voltage
Voltage
Voltage
Voltage
Ver.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
NO
NO
beam 1 el.
beam 1 el.
beam 10 el.
beam 10 el.
beam 10 el.
beam 10 el.
beam 10 el.
1DOF (M+K)
2DOF (2M+2K)
Bending
Bending
Bending
Axial
Bending
Bending
Bending
Axial
Axial
Static
Static
Static
Dynamic
NO
Dynamic
Dynamic
Dynamic
Dynamic
Open
Open
Open
Open
OFF
OFF
Open
Closed
Closed
Voltage
Voltage
Voltage
Force
NO
Force
Voltage
Force
Force
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mod
Table 2: Test on the piezo model.
Model 1: only one piezo is present, and no supporting structure has beenmodelled; a sinusoidal law for the amplitude of the external excitation F(t)
is imposed:
F(f) = F.jmaW where: F = 5#; w = 312.85#z (47)
Figures 11 and 12 show the charge q and the displacement x as
functions of the time t.
Figures 13 and 14. Charge q(t) and displacement x(t) of the piezo
undergoing a force F(t).
Such response fits the graph of the function obtained integrating the
differential system (42) with the Laplace transforms with zero initialconditions [11].Model 2: The input quantity F(t) has been substituted with the voltageV(t), obtaining similar functions for the displacement x(t) and the chargeq(t), if no boundary conditions are applied, or for q(t) and F(t) if thedisplacement x is restrained: x(t)=0.
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*. iu veiny me uuuiiiicu icsuus, d siauc ioaa nas oeen appnea tor
the voltage: V=l Volt, obtaining as outputs a charge q and a displacement x
that can be analytically verified. Such verification is immediate,
considering that the system (42) is reduced to an algebraic system.
Model 4: A piezo has been applied to a cantilever beam with the followinggeometry:
We
Hi
= 2.54 10"= 2.286 10-'= 1.27 10'= 1.016 10'*= 1.27 10^
m;m;m;m;
Figure 15. Beam cross-section.
_ ^
= 2
Ab=We'He- Wj-Hi =
° 12"*" ' A~2~*2~J
w, -^-+w,t(^-+±f"12 ° 1 2 2J
9.032-
4
4'
10-5 m'
W^^M = 7.229 E - 9 m*12 J
nO-M = 2.338 E- 9m*12 J
(48)
(49)
(50)
(51)
40%
-'TOT
A cantilever beam has been modelled with a single CBAR elementconnected with its two extreme nodes (GRID.2 e GRID.S) to the piezo. Thepiezo model has been placed in parallel position with the beam neutral axis.
One of the nodes is fully constrained, and the other one has only onedisplacement (translation) degree of freedom along the x direction.
Imposing a static voltage difference of 7 K, a static actuation force isobtained, causing an axial deformation of the beam.
K,A, c,
Gri
GridS
K, A. C.
Figures 16 and 17. Axial beam model with one element and two nodes,with one piezo with static voltage, open loop control.
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The analytic verification is the following:-ACV
X — • (52)
Model 5: The piezo model has been placed in parallel position with thebeam neutral axis. The cantilever beam is modelled with 10 elements
connected toll nodes having displacements enabled only along the x axis.The piezo element has been placed on a generic intermediate element,
obtaining the axial displacements variation law described in Figure 18.
\
\
K,A,C
®PZT
10
Figure 18. Beam model with 10 elements, with axial deformation, with 1
piezo on the beam element N. 5.
Model 6: A cantilever beam has been modelised with a single CBARelement. A static voltage is applied. The obtained actuation load has beencomposed by a bending moment and an axial force. A piezo has beenplaced at a distance from the neutral axis equal to half of the cross section
thickness. The axial force applied by the piezo acts with a lever # 0. The
analytical verification was positive.
My=F-h/2
Figures 19 and 20. One-element cantilever beam, axial and bendingbehaviour, with 1 full-length piezo with offset.
Model 7: By installing a couple of actuators with geometric symmetry andantisymmetric power supply, a pure bending moment actuation load hasbeen obtained, composed by a couple of axial forces generated by thepiezos:
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)My=F-h
V2=-V1
Figure 21. Two piezo with symmetric geometry. Figure 22. Antisymmetricactuation. Figure 23. Static deformed shape.
Model 8: The previous piezo disposition scheme has been applied to a 10
element model of a cantilever beam. Two piezoelectrics have been
connected to a central element (N. 5). The voltage to be applied to the
piezos has been calculated with a similitude process. A test shear force
Fz=100 N normal to the beam axis has been applied at the beam free end
and the voltage difference generated at the piezo circuits ends has beenmeasured. In this case the piezos work as sensors.
Figure 24. Beam with 10 elements undergoing a static force F% (piezoOFF).
A^\ T»t~r - • -iWT—ran—n/I
U
Figure 25. Unloaded beam and piezo ON with V2=-
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Model 9: The possibility to impress axial dynamic loads to the beam has
been investigated. A sinusoidal voltage law has been applied to a single
piezo with a coaxial position to the beam neutral axis, obtaining a
sinusoidal axial displacement law for the grid at the beam free end.
Model 10: For the dynamic control of the bending vibrations of a
cantilever beam, natural frequencies and modal shapes must be known. A
free modal run of the beam with the piezo OFF (open circuits) has been
performed.
Figure 26. Free bending modal shape of the cantilever beam with 10 elem.
(piezo OFF).
Model 11: In order to recreate with an acceptable approximation the same
dynamic conditions of the first natural vibration mode, non equilibrium
initial conditions corresponding to the first modal shape have been applied,obtaining the same time history of the position of the free end grid (Grid
111) along the z axis.= 628.27 Hz (53)
Figure 27. Cantilever beam with 10 elements with piezo OFF,undergoing dynamic shear force F% excitation: bending displacementalong the z axis direction of the beam free end grid (GRID 111).
Model 12: The possibility to dynamically excite the bending of a cantileverbeam has been investigated. Two sinusoidal laws for the voltages Vi(t) and
V](t) have been imposed to the piezos.
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(54)
An effective vibration damping has been detected. The bending
displacement along the z axis direction of the beam free end grid (GRID
111) has been plotted as an index of the vibration amplitude reduction.Vi(t;
\
\
Fz
v,W
(!) ® ® ®1 2 3 4 5
1PZT1\&
POT
t 1® ® ® ® ®
6 7 8 9 1 0i
Figure 28. Dynamic open loop control scheme with antisymmetric power
supply.
Figure 29. Displacement time history of the beam free end grid (111)along the z axis direction.
The amplitude decay described in Figure 29 happens only initially.The piezoelectrics damping introduces a phase difference between the
structure vibration frequency and the frequency of the supplies voltage, soafter a certain time the piezo excites the bending vibration instead ofdamping it. This typical inconvenience of open loop control systemsimposes the study of a closed loop control system.
Model 13 : To simulate a closed loop control system, a one-degree-of-freedom dynamic system has been modelled, with a direct velocity feedbackclosed control loop. A function to represent the effect of piezo saturationhas been also introduced.
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TABLED!
Figure 30. Block diagram flow chart of a direct velocity feedback control
loop on a 1 DOF dynamic system.
Figures 31 and 32. Displacement time history with control OFF and ON
(ordinate scale are different).
Setting a lower amplification factor of the control system, the
following displacement time history was obtained:
Figure 33. One DOF dynamic system with control ON, with a loweramplification factor with respect to the previous case (Figure 32).
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in mis case conironaDinty ana me visiointy is complete (W07o).
Model 14 : The same control loop has been applied to a 2 DOF dynamic
system: in this case the controllability and the visibility of the dynamicvariables is not complete:
TABLED y.
Figure 34. Block diagram flow chart of a velocity feedback control loop on
a 2 DOF dynamic system.
o«oo 0600
Figure 35. Time history of the actuator control force on the GRID 2.
with the following results:
A
C .OKT. MCC XCC «
i\
n
\ fV
AMCO WW CKO
Figures 36 and 37. Grid 2 displacement time history with control OFF andON (on a reduced ordinate scale).
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^ du/dt Cm/s) cox !O -, du/dt
/ 1 ooQXtt
\ A 1i / \ «. j /
/ i / \ r\, 21 i / \ / ^ • ^~1 i / vy
da's')
l\
\ ^'• ! \ S~*i«\
\l ^ "
tOO 129
Figures 38 and 39. Grid 2 velocity time history with control OFF and ON(on a reduced ordinate scale).
5 Future developments
It is possible to model one or more control nets with more sensor/actuatorcouples distributed on the structure to be controlled (Mannini[8]).
In particular, the direct velocity feedback control can be implemented
on a cantilever beam, positioning two couples of colocated actuators (PZT
and sensors (PVDF) with a closed control loop as it is shown in Figure 40.
| ^^1 1 1
1 2 3 4 5
|Vz(t) | '
|PVDF3
PZTI(/
PZT2
PVDP41
1 11 1 t i :..!
6 7 8 9 1 0
*
Fz
Figure 40. Four piezo (two sensors and two actuators) with position andvelocity feedback with interface on the element N. 5 of a cantilever beam,
undergoing an external shear force F%(t).
The analysed model can be replicated along the y axis, obtaining atwo-dimensions model, reproducing with a higher accuracy level the effectof a piezoelectric plate element bonded on a vibrating plate structure.
6 Conclusions
A MSC/NASTRAN model of the piezoelectric active static and dynamic
control system has been created, under the pin-force hypothesis, with a
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moaemsaiion or me control law, or me amplifier factor and or the piezo
saturation law. Such a model can be connected to the structure to be
controlled and can be easily replicated and/or repositioned, following the
needs of optimal position and optimal control. The modularity of the block
of instructions describing the piezo has been maintained. It is possible to
choose /%, b, k, L, R, C, A, and to control the actuation force and moment
as functions of the amplification factor G, of the saturation curve s, of the
delay time T, and of the time t.
Nomenclature
AAbbC
C
X
D
d
e
E
6
?*FFJt
Jye
Jze
kLll
b
b
mP
coupling coefficientbeam cross-section areamechanical damping coefficientelectrical charge capacitystiflhess tensor
dielectric permictivity tensor
electric displacement vector
strain piezoelectric tensor
stress piezoelectric tensor
electric field vector
strain tensor
body volume force vector
force amplitudeforce generated by the piezoRatio between the area delimited bythe resisting circuit and the overallslenderBeam cross-section moment ofinertia around the vertical axisBeam cross-section moment ofinertia around the horizontal axisstiflhesselectrical inductancedimension of the piezo along the x-axisdimension of the piezo along the y-axisdimension of the piezo along the z-axismassLaplace operator
PVqRPq
S
Sf
Sq
Su
Sv
Sat
uV
versnWe
WeWeWe
X
We
WeX
derivative operatorpiezoelectric element volumeelectric chargeelectrical resistanceelectric charge density
piezo external surafce
surface partition where force boundaryconditions are appliedsurface partition where charge boundaryconditions are appliedsurface partition where displacementboundary conditions are appliedsurface partition where voltage boundaryconditions are appliedflexibility tensor
stress tensor
beam cross-section thicknessdisplacement vectorelectric voltage
normal unit vector
beam cross-section external width
beam cross-section internal widthbeam cross-section external heightbeam cross-section internal height
displacement
beam cross-section external height
beam cross-section internal heightdisplacement
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Superscripts and subscripts
Eo£
t
with constant electric fieldwith constant stresswith constant straintransposed
Acknowledgements
We thank Prof. P. Santini (Dipartimento Aerospaziale) for the financial
support, Dr. P. Gaudenzi (Dipartimento Aerospaziale) for the critical
review, Dr. F. Morganti (Alenia Aerospazio) for the hardware and
software, Dr. G. Strambi and Dr. M. Linari (MSC/Italy) for the assistanceand technical support, Dr. G Filippazzo for the English language review.
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