On the application to robotics of the Euler-Bernoulli beams with external patches

Abstract

The paper discusses the behavior of a Euler-Bernoulli beam with external patches made from GeSbTe chalcogenide material. The nonlocal theory is used to model the damping force as a weighted average of the velocity field over a suitable distance. The resonance is avoided through a careful choosing of the patch location and the eigenvalues. The atomic-level knowledge of the material gives the route for understanding their properties necessary to specific devices.