Dr. Zouaoui is a researcher in mechanical engineering with expertise in drones, control systems, active vibration, and mechanical dynamics. He earned an Engineering Diploma (2010), a Magister degree (2012), and a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering (2019) from Djilali Liabes University in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria. He is currently a professor at the University of Tissemsilt, where his work focuses on UAV design, intelligent control algorithms, vibration mitigation, and the integration of AI in mechanical systems. His research combines modeling, simulation, and experimental validation to develop innovative solutions for advanced engineering applications.
EDUCATION
Dr. Zouaoui is a mechanical engineer and researcher specializing in drones, control systems, active vibration, and mechanical dynamics. He earned his Engineering Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 2010, followed by a Magister degree in the same specialty in 2012, and later completed his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 at Djilali Liabes University in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Control and Systems Engineering
Vibration control of FGM plate using optimally placed piezoelectric patches Zouaoui SATLA, Lakhdar Boumia, Mohamed Kherrab Revista Mexicana De Fisica, 2024 The aim of this study is to propose a methodology to actively control the vibration of functionally graded plates, with the help of piezoelectric actuators and sensors. The study relays on the classical plate theory to analytically formulate the governing equation of motion, which is then expanded to derive a space state equation of the model. The material properties of the FG plate are assumed to vary along the thickness direction. In order to improve the damping effectiveness, the location of the piezoelectric sensors and actuators is optimally determined using the H2 norm. The necessary control voltage was determined based on optimal LQR and LQG controllers.
Drone control using the coupling of the pid controller and genetic algorithm Mohamed Elajrami, Zouaoui Satla, Kouider Bendine Communications Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 2021 Due to their strong abilities and easy usage, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) commonly named drones have found a place and merged in the different industrial sectors. These varieties of applications encourage researchers to search for new control algorithms that make drones operate smoothly. In this regard, the present study mains to design a PID controller for four motors drones (quadcopter). For this purpose, a state-space representation of the drone is proposed based on Newton Euler's formularies for a rigid body. For better performance of the control algorithm (PID) the parameters Kp, Ki, and Kd for the controller are established using an optimization search schema based on a genetic algorithm. Various simulations were performed to test the proposed idea.
Easy tracking of UAV using PID controller Satla Zouaoui, Elajrami Mohamed, Bendine Kouider Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, 2019 The main objective of the present paper is to design a mathematical model to estimate the behavior of flying robots with four motors (quadcopters) controlled by three algorithms; P depends on the present errors; I on the accumulation of past errors, and D a prediction of future errors (PID controller design) with simple strategy. In this regard, a governing equation of motion based on Newton Euler’s formularies for rigid body dynamics is presented. In order to design the control algorithm some assumptions are made such as the ignorance of the blade flapping, surrounding fluid velocities. This exclusion of parameters makes the model flexible, simple, and allows the control to be more efficiency and easy to designed without the need of expensive computation. The simulation studies are carried out using MATLAB program.
Active Vibration damping of Smart composite beams based on system identification technique Kouider Bendine, Zouaoui Satla, Farouk Benallel Boukhoulda, Mohammed Nouari Curved and Layered Structures, 2018 In the present paper, the active vibration control of a composite beam using piezoelectric actuator is investigated. The space state equation is determined using system identification technique based on the structure input output response provided by ANSYS APDL finite element package. The Linear Quadratic (LQG) control law is designed and integrated into ANSYS APDL to perform closed loop simulations. Numerical examples for different types of excitation loads are presented to test the efficiency and the accuracy of the proposed model.
Structural modeling and active vibration control of smart FGM plate through ANSYS Kouider Bendine, Benallel Farouk Boukhoulda, Mohammed Nouari, Zouaoui Satla International Journal of Computational Methods, 2017 This paper presents a methodology to use the software ANSYS in modeling and active vibration control of a functionally graded (FGM) plate with upper and lower surface-bonded piezoelectric layers. First a FGM plate with piezoelectric layers is designed using APDL ANSYS. Then a modal analysis has been carried out to get the first five rank frequencies and mode shapes. A proportional–integral–derivative (PID) and a linear-quadratic-based output feedback controller are introduced to realize the vibration control through a closed loop. Results for various volume fraction indexes are presented.
A new optimization framework for piezoelectric actuators location identification K Bendine, A Mahdi, A Smahat, S Zouaoui, A Mankour Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 32 (20), 4959-4970 , 2025 2025
Effect of porosity and power law index on the actuation properties of functionally graded piezoelectric plates S Zouaoui, A Smahat HCMCOU Journal of Science-Advances in Computational Structures, 3-16 , 2025 2025
The geometry uniformity parameters effect on the dynamic behaviour of trapezoidal beam M Bouamama, Z Satla, A Belaziz, L Boumia Studies in Engineering and Exact Sciences 5 (1), 1530-1547 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Vibration control of FGM plate using optimally placed piezoelectric patches Z Satla, L Boumia, M Kherrab Revista mexicana de física 70 (1) , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
NEW DESIGN FOR AN ORNITHOPTER DRONE USING SIMPLE MECHANISM BASED ON PID CONTROLLER Z Satla, K Bendine, M Elajrami, L Boumia INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL CURRENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONGRESS, 729-737 , 2023 2023
A NEW DRONE DESIGN USING SIMPLE MECHANISMS BASED ON PD CONTROLLER S Zouaoui, B Kouider, E Mohamed, L Boumia INTERNATIONAL ANTALYA SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE STUDIES CONGRESS … , 2023 2023
Drone control using the coupling of the PID controller and genetic algorithm M Elajrami, Z Satla, K Bendine Communications-Scientific letters of the University of Zilina 23 (3), C75-C82 , 2021 2021 Citations: 8
Contribution à la modélisatio et à la commande d'un drone miniature Z SATLA Université de Sidi Bel Abbès-Djillali Liabes , 2019 2019 Citations: 1
Contributiona la Modélisation eta La Commande d’un Drone Miniature Z Satla PhD diss., PhD thesis, Djillali Liabes-Sidi Bel Abbes , 2019 2019 Citations: 3
Easy tracking of UAV using PID controller S Zouaoui, E Mohamed, B Kouider Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 47 (3), 171-177 , 2019 2019 Citations: 42
Active Vibration damping of Smart composite beams based on system identification technique K Bendine, Z Satla, FB Boukhoulda, M Nouari Curved and Layered Structures 5 (1), 43-48 , 2018 2018 Citations: 11
P, PI, PID controller designed for UAV Quadrotors trajectory S Zouaoui, E Mohamed, B Kouider, P Alper International Conference on Innovative Engineering ApplicationsAt: Sivas, Turkey , 2018 2018
Vibration Analysis Of New Type Uav Drone Wing M Salah, S Zouaoui, B Kouider, P Alper International Conference on Innovative Engineering ApplicationsAt: sicas, Turkey , 2018 2018
Active Vibration damping of Smart composite beams based on system identification technique. Curved and Layered Structures, 5 (1): 43-48 K Bendine, Z Satla, FB Boukhoulda, M Nouari 2018 Citations: 3
Structural modeling and active vibration control of smart FGM plate through ANSYS K Bendine, BF Boukhoulda, M Nouari, Z Satla International Journal of Computational Methods 14 (04), 1750042 , 2017 2017 Citations: 41
Vibration damping of cantilever beam by means piezoelectric actuator S Mostefa, S Zouaoui 2017
Active vibration control of functionally graded beams with piezoelectric layers based on higher order shear deformation theory K Bendine, FB Boukhoulda, M Nouari, Z Satla Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration 15 (4), 611-620 , 2016 2016 Citations: 43
Simulation des vibrations mécaniques d’une aile d’avion. Z SATLA 2012
Simulation numériques des vibrations mécaniques d'une aile d'avion sous MATLAB Z SATLA Université de Sidi Bel Abbès-Djillali Liabes , 2012 2012 Citations: 1
Simulation numériques des vibrations d’une aile d’avion M ELAJRAMI, Z SATLA, BB FAROUK 2012 Citations: 1
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Active vibration control of functionally graded beams with piezoelectric layers based on higher order shear deformation theory K Bendine, FB Boukhoulda, M Nouari, Z Satla Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration 15 (4), 611-620 , 2016 2016 Citations: 43
Easy tracking of UAV using PID controller S Zouaoui, E Mohamed, B Kouider Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering 47 (3), 171-177 , 2019 2019 Citations: 42
Structural modeling and active vibration control of smart FGM plate through ANSYS K Bendine, BF Boukhoulda, M Nouari, Z Satla International Journal of Computational Methods 14 (04), 1750042 , 2017 2017 Citations: 41
Active Vibration damping of Smart composite beams based on system identification technique K Bendine, Z Satla, FB Boukhoulda, M Nouari Curved and Layered Structures 5 (1), 43-48 , 2018 2018 Citations: 11
Drone control using the coupling of the PID controller and genetic algorithm M Elajrami, Z Satla, K Bendine Communications-Scientific letters of the University of Zilina 23 (3), C75-C82 , 2021 2021 Citations: 8
Vibration control of FGM plate using optimally placed piezoelectric patches Z Satla, L Boumia, M Kherrab Revista mexicana de física 70 (1) , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
Contributiona la Modélisation eta La Commande d’un Drone Miniature Z Satla PhD diss., PhD thesis, Djillali Liabes-Sidi Bel Abbes , 2019 2019 Citations: 3
Active Vibration damping of Smart composite beams based on system identification technique. Curved and Layered Structures, 5 (1): 43-48 K Bendine, Z Satla, FB Boukhoulda, M Nouari 2018 Citations: 3
The geometry uniformity parameters effect on the dynamic behaviour of trapezoidal beam M Bouamama, Z Satla, A Belaziz, L Boumia Studies in Engineering and Exact Sciences 5 (1), 1530-1547 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Contribution à la modélisatio et à la commande d'un drone miniature Z SATLA Université de Sidi Bel Abbès-Djillali Liabes , 2019 2019 Citations: 1
Simulation numériques des vibrations mécaniques d'une aile d'avion sous MATLAB Z SATLA Université de Sidi Bel Abbès-Djillali Liabes , 2012 2012 Citations: 1
Simulation numériques des vibrations d’une aile d’avion M ELAJRAMI, Z SATLA, BB FAROUK 2012 Citations: 1
A new optimization framework for piezoelectric actuators location identification K Bendine, A Mahdi, A Smahat, S Zouaoui, A Mankour Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures 32 (20), 4959-4970 , 2025 2025
Effect of porosity and power law index on the actuation properties of functionally graded piezoelectric plates S Zouaoui, A Smahat HCMCOU Journal of Science-Advances in Computational Structures, 3-16 , 2025 2025
NEW DESIGN FOR AN ORNITHOPTER DRONE USING SIMPLE MECHANISM BASED ON PID CONTROLLER Z Satla, K Bendine, M Elajrami, L Boumia INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL CURRENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONGRESS, 729-737 , 2023 2023
A NEW DRONE DESIGN USING SIMPLE MECHANISMS BASED ON PD CONTROLLER S Zouaoui, B Kouider, E Mohamed, L Boumia INTERNATIONAL ANTALYA SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE STUDIES CONGRESS … , 2023 2023
P, PI, PID controller designed for UAV Quadrotors trajectory S Zouaoui, E Mohamed, B Kouider, P Alper International Conference on Innovative Engineering ApplicationsAt: Sivas, Turkey , 2018 2018
Vibration Analysis Of New Type Uav Drone Wing M Salah, S Zouaoui, B Kouider, P Alper International Conference on Innovative Engineering ApplicationsAt: sicas, Turkey , 2018 2018
Vibration damping of cantilever beam by means piezoelectric actuator S Mostefa, S Zouaoui 2017
Simulation des vibrations mécaniques d’une aile d’avion. Z SATLA 2012