Vibration analysis of FG annular sector in moderately thick plates with two piezoelectric layers

Free vibration of functionally graded(FG) annular sector plates embedded with two piezoelectric layers is studied with a generalized differential quadrature(GDQ)method. Based on the first-order shear deformation(FSD) plate theory and Hamilton's principle with parameters satisfying Maxwell's electrostatics equation in the piezoelectric layers, governing equations of motion are developed. Both open and closed circuit(shortly connected) boundary conditions on the piezoelectric surfaces, which are respective conditions for sensors and actuators, are accounted for. It is observed that the open circuit condition gives higher natural frequencies than a shortly connected condition. For the simulation of the potential electric function in piezoelectric layers, a sinusoidal function in the transverse direction is considered. It is assumed that properties of the FG material(FGM) change continuously through the thickness according to a power distribution law.The fast rate convergence and accuracy of the GDQ method with a small number of grid points are demonstrated through some numerical examples. With various combinations of free, clamped, and simply supported boundary conditions, the effects of the thicknesses of piezoelectric layers and host plate, power law index of FGMs, and plate geometrical parameters(e.g., angle and radii of annular sector) on the in-plane and out-of-plane natural frequencies for different FG and piezoelectric materials are also studied. Results can be used to predict the behaviors of FG and piezoelectric materials in mechanical systems.     

Low-energy impact of adaptive cylindrical piezoelectric–composite shells

A theoretical framework for analyzing low-energy impacts of laminated shells with active and sensory piezoelectric layers is presented, including impactor dynamics and contact law. The formulation encompasses a coupled piezoelectric shell theory mixing first order shear displacement assumptions and layerwise variation of electric potential. An exact in-plane Ritz solution for the impact of open cylindrical piezoelectric–composite shells is developed and solved numerically using an explicit time integration scheme. The active impact control problem of adaptive cylindrical shells with distributed curved piezoelectric actuators is addressed. The cases of optimized state feedback controllers and output feedback controllers using piezoelectric sensors are analyzed. Numerical results quantify the impact response of cylindrical shells of various curvatures including the signal of curved piezoelectric sensors. Additional numerical studies quantify the impact response of adaptive cylindrical panels and investigate the feasibility of actively reducing the impact force.     

Exact solutions of functionally graded piezoelectric shells under cylindrical bending

Within a framework of the three-dimensional (3D) piezoelectricity, we present asymptotic formulations of functionally graded (FG) piezoelectric cylindrical shells under cylindrical bending type of electromechanical loads using the method of perturbation. Without loss of generality, the material properties are regarded to be heterogeneous through the thickness coordinate. Afterwards, they are further specified to be constants in single-layer homogeneous shells and to obey an identical exponent-law in FG shells. The transverse normal load and normal electric displacement (or electric potential) are, respectively, applied on the lateral surfaces of the shells. The cylindrical shells are considered to be fully simple supports at the edges in the circumferential direction and with a large value of length in the axial direction. The present asymptotic formulations are applied to several benchmark problems. The coupled electro-elastic effect on the structural behavior of FG piezoelectric shells is evaluated. The influence of the material property gradient index on the variables of electric and mechanical fields is studied.     

Three-dimensional exact analysis of a simply supported functionally gradient piezoelectric plate

An exact three-dimensional analysis is presented for a functionally gradient piezoelectric material rectangular plate that is simply supported and grounded along its four edges. The state equations of the functionally gradient piezoelectric material are developed based on the state space approach. Assuming that the mechanical and electric properties of the material have the same exponent-law dependence on the thickness-coordinate, we obtain an exact three-dimensional solution of the coupling electroelastic fields in the plate under mechanical, and electric loading on the upper and lower surfaces of the plate. The influences of the different functionally gradient material properties on the structural response of the plate to the mechanical and electric stimuli are then studied through examples.     

An analytical model for electrode–ceramic interaction in multilayer piezoelectric actuators

The present paper develops an analytical model for multi-electrodes in multi-layered piezoelectric actuators, in which the electrodes are vertical to and terminated at the edges of the medium and electroelastic field concentrations ahead of the electrodes in the multilayer piezoelectric actuators are examined. By considering a representative unit in realistic multilayers, the problem is formulated in terms of electric potential between the electrode tips and results in a system of singular integral equations in which the electric potential is taken as unknown function. Effects are investigated of electrode spacing and piezoelectric coupling on the singular electroelastic fields at the electrode tips, and closed-form expressions are given for the electromechanical field near the electrode tips. Exact solution for un-coupled dielectrics is provided, where no piezoelectric coupling is present. The English text was polished by Yunming Chen.     

Nonlinear Electroelastic Deformations

Electro-sensitive (ES) elastomers form a class of smart materials whose mechanical properties can be changed rapidly by the application of an electric field. These materials have attracted considerable interest recently because of their potential for providing relatively cheap and light replacements for mechanical devices, such as actuators, and also for the development of artificial muscles. In this paper we are concerned with a theoretical framework for the analysis of boundary-value problems that underpin the applications of the associated electromechanical interactions. We confine attention to the static situation and first summarize the governing equations for a solid material capable of large electroelastic deformations. The general constitutive laws for the Cauchy stress tensor and the electric field vectors for an isotropic electroelastic material are developed in a compact form following recent work by the authors. The equations are then applied, in the case of an incompressible material, to the solution of a number of representative boundary-value problems. Specifically, we consider the influence of a radial electric field on the azimuthal shear response of a thick-walled circular cylindrical tube, the extension and inflation characteristics of the same tube under either a radial or an axial electric field (or both fields combined), and the effect of a radial field on the deformation of an internally pressurized spherical shell.     

压电涂层-功能梯度压电界面层-基底结构的二维接触问题研究

在多层压电元件中,由于界面处材料成分和性质的突变,常常导致界面处应力集中,使得界面处出现开裂或蠕变现象,从而大大缩短了压电元件的使用寿命。功能梯度压电材料作为界面层,可有效的缓解界面材料不匹配导致的破坏。本文主要研究利用功能梯度压电材料界面层连接压电涂层和基底,分析三层结构在圆柱型压头作用下的力电响应。利用傅里叶积分变换技术,本文将压电涂层-功能梯度压电层-基底结构在刚性圆柱压头作用下的二维平面应变接触问题转化为带有柯西核的奇异积分方程。运用高斯-切比雪夫积分公式,将奇异积分方程转化为线性方程组并对其进行数值求解,得到压电涂层-功能梯度压电层-基底结构在圆柱形压头作用下的应力分布和电位移分布。数值结果表明,梯度压电材料参数的变化对结构中的力电响应具有重要的影响。本文研究结果对于利用功能梯度压电界面层消除界面处的应力不连续导致的界面破坏具有重要的理论指导意义,研究结果可为功能梯度压电材料界面层的设计提供帮助。     

Thermostressed state of a piezoelectric bodywith a plane crack under symmetric thermal load

The paper addresses a thermoelectroelastic problem for a piezoelectric body with an arbitrarily shaped plane crack in a plane perpendicular to the polarization axis under a symmetric thermal load. A relationship between the intensity factors for stress (SIF) and electric displacement (EDIF) in an infinite piezoceramic body with a crack under a thermal load and the SIF for a purely elastic body with a crack of the same shape under a mechanical load is established. This makes it possible to find the SIF and EDIF for an electroelastic material from the elastic solution without the need to solve specific problems of thermoelasticity. The SIF and EDIF for a piezoceramic body with an elliptic crack and linear distribution of temperature over the crack surface are found as an example __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 96–108, March 2008.     

Electro-mechanical frictionless contact behavior of a functionally graded piezoelectric layered half-plane under a rigid punch

The frictionless contact problem of a functionally graded piezoelectric layered half-plane in-plane strain state under the action of a rigid flat or cylindrical punch is investigated in this paper. It is assumed that the punch is a perfect electrical conductor with a constant potential. The electro-elastic properties of the functionally graded piezoelectric materials (FGPMs) vary exponentially along the thickness direction. The problem is reduced to a pair of coupled Cauchy singular integral equations by using the Fourier integral transform technique and then is numerically solved to determine the contact pressure, surface electric charge distribution, normal stress and electric displacement fields. For a flat punch, the normal stress intensity factor and electric displacement intensity factor are also given to quantitatively characterize the singularity behavior at the punch ends. Numerical results show that both material property gradient of the FGPM layer and punch geometry have a significant influence on the contact performance of the FGPM layered half-plane.     

On the stress state of a piezoceramic body with a flat crack under symmetric loads

A static-equilibrium problem is solved for an electroelastic transversely isotropic medium with a flat crack of arbitrary shape located in the plane of isotropy. The medium is subjected to symmetric mechanical and electric loads. A relationship is established between the stress intensity factor (SIF) and electric-displacement intensity factor (EDIF) for an infinite piezoceramic body and the SIF for a purely elastic material with a crack of the same shape. This allows us to find the SIF and EDIF for an electroelastic material directly from the corresponding elastic problem, not solving electroelastic problems. As an example, the SIF and EDIF are determined for an elliptical crack in a piezoceramic body assuming linear behavior of the stresses and the normal electric displacement on the crack surface __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 67–77, November 2005.     

Static analysis for functionally graded piezoelectric actuators or sensors under a combined electro-thermal load

Based on the theory of piezoelasticity, a functionally graded piezoelectric sandwich cantilever under an applied electric field and/or a heat load is studied. All materials may be arbitrary functional gradients in the thickness direction. The static solution for the mentioned problems is presented by the Airy stress function method. As a special case, assuming that the material composition varies continuously in the direction of the thickness according to a power law distribution, a comprehensive parametric study is conducted to show the influence of electromechanical coupling (EMC), functionally graded index, temperature change and thickness ratio on the bending behavior of actuators or sensors. The distribution of electric field or normal stress in present FGPM actuators is continuous along the thickness, which overcomes the problem in traditional layered actuators. The solution facilitates the design optimization for different piezoelectric actuators and has another potential application for material parameter identification.     

Anti-plane shear crack normal to and terminating at the interface of two bonded piezoelectric ceramics

The electroelastic analysis of two bonded dissimilar piezoelectric ceramics with a crack perpendicular to and terminating at the interface is made. By using Fourier integral transform, the associated boundary value problem is reduced to a singular integral equation with generalized Cauchy kernel, the solution of which is given in closed form. Results are presented for a permeable crack under anti-plane shear loading and in-plane electric loading. Obtained results indicate that the electroelastic field near the crack tip in the homogeneous piezoelectric ceramic is dominated by a traditional inverse square-root singularity, while the electroelastic field near the crack tip at the interface exhibits the singularity of power law r^−α, r being distance from the interface crack tip and α depending on the material constants of a bi-piezoceramic. In particular, electric field has no singularity at the crack tip in a homogeneous solid, whereas it is singular around the interface crack tip. Numerical results are given graphically to show the effects of the material properties on the singularity order and field intensity factors.     

Exact solutions for magneto-electro-elastic laminates in cylindrical bending

Analytical solutions are derived for the cylindrical bending of multilayered, linear, and anisotropic magneto-electro-elastic plates under simple-supported edge conditions. We construct the general solution in terms of a simple formalism for any homogeneous layer, from which any physical quantities can be solved for the given boundary conditions. For multilayered plates, we derive the solution in terms of the propagator matrices. A special feature of cylindrical bending, which distinguishes itself from the three-dimensional plate problem, is that the associated eigenvalues for any homogeneous layer are independent of the sinusoidal mode, and thus need to be solved only once. Typical numerical examples are also presented for a piezomagnetic plate, a two-layered piezoelectric/piezomagnetic plate, and a four layered piezoelectric/piezomagnetic plate, with different span-to-thickness ratios. In particular, the piezoelectric and piezomagnetic fields show certain interesting features, which give guidance on the development of piezoelectric/piezomagnetic thin-plate theories. Furthermore, it is shown that the variations of the elastic, electric, and magnetic quantities with thickness depend strongly upon the material property and layering, which could be useful in the analysis and design of smart composite structures with sensors/actuators.     

Electromechanical response of (3–0, 3–1) particulate,fibrous, and porous piezoelectric composites with anisotropic constituents: A model based on the homogenization method

An analytical framework based on the homogenization method has been developed to predict the effective electromechanical properties of periodic, particulate and porous, piezoelectric composites with anisotropic constituents. Expressions are provided for the effective moduli tensors of n-phase composites based on the respective strain and electric field concentration tensors. By taking into account the shape and distribution of the inclusion and by invoking a simple numerical procedure, solutions for the electromechanical properties of a general anisotropic inclusion in an anisotropic matrix are obtained. While analytical forms are provided for predicting the electroelastic moduli of composites with spherical and cylindrical inclusions, numerical evaluation of integrals over the composite microstructure is required in order to obtain the corresponding expressions for a general ellipsoidal particle in a piezoelectric matrix. The electroelastic moduli of piezoelectric composites predicted by the analytical model developed in the present study demonstrate excellent agreement with results obtained from three-dimensional finite-element models for several piezoelectric systems that exhibit varying degrees of elastic anisotropy.     

压电智能环形板的主动控制

对在不同位置粘有任意多组压电传感器和压电执行器的轴对称弹性环形薄板的振动控制进行了研究．根据压电执行元件的等效作用量得到了压电智能环板的振动控制方程和传感方程,再利用分离变量法以及由传感器测得的电量和作用在执行器上电压之间的控制模式得到振动方程的全解．实行了对整体结构的主动控制．对不同的压电片布置进行了数值计算．结果表明：当离散分布压电元件布置越密,振动衰减的效果越佳     

压电材料中切口/接头端部平面电弹性场奇异性有限元分析

为了对平面载荷作用下压电材料中切口或接头端部附近电弹性场奇异性问题进行分析，首先以应力平衡方程、Maxwell方程和和边界条件为基础，得到一种求解压电材料特征问题的弱式方程；其次，假定楔形切口或接头端部附近单元内位移和电势沿径向分布为指数形式，而周向方向分布则采用泡函数插值，将其代入弱式方程，建立一种只需对楔形切口或接头端部附近周边进行离散的一维简单有限元方法．压电材料的极化轴可以是任意方向．利用该有限元模型讨论了楔形切口角度、极化轴方向和边界条件对奇性场的影响．通过和其它特定情况下的现有解相比，证实了该文有限元数值方法的有效性，而且精度很高．     

Electroelastic analysis of a piezoelectric cylindrical fiber with a penny-shaped crack embedded in a matrix

The electroelastic response of a penny-shaped crack in a piezoelectric cylindrical fiber embedded in an elastic matrix is investigated in this study. Fourier and Hankel transforms are used to reduce the problem to the solution of a pair of dual integral equations. They are then reduced to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. Numerical values on the stress intensity factor, energy release rate and energy density factor for piezoelectric composites are obtained to show the influence of applied electric fields.     

ELECTROELASTIC INTENSIFICATION NEAR ANTI-PLANE CRACK IN A FUNCTIONALLY GRADIENT PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC STRIP

Following the theory of linear piezoelectricity, we consider the electro-elastic problems of a finite crack in a functionally gradient piezoelectric ceramic strip. By the use of Fourier transforms we reduce the problem to solving two pairs of dual integral equations. The solution to the dual integral equations is then expressed in terms ofa Fredholm integral equation of the second kind. Numerical calculations are carried out for piezoelectric ceramics. The electric field intensity factors and the energy release rate are shown graphically, and the electroelastic interactions are illustrated.     

层状层电介质空间轴对称问题的状态空间解

从横观各向同性压电介质空间轴对称问题的基本方程出发,建立了压电介质空间轴对称问题的状态变量方程,对状态变量方程进行Hankel变换,得到以状态变量表示的单层压电介质在Hankel变换空间中的解,讨论了3种不同特征根的情况,利用提出的解得到了半无限压电体在垂直集中载荷和点电荷作出下的Boussinesq解。利用传递矩阵方法导出了多层压电介质空间轴对称问题解一般解析式。     

Modeling the Short-Term Damageability of a Transversely Isotropic Piezoelectric Material

A short-term microdamage theory for porous transversely isotropic piezoelectric materials is set forth. Microdamages are modeled by pores. The fracture criterion for a microvolume of a transversely isotropic medium is assumed to have the Huber–Mises form. The ultimate strength is a random function of coordinates with an exponential or Weibull distribution. The stress–strain distribution and effective properties of the material are determined from the stochastic electroelastic equations. The deformation and microdamage equations are closed by the porosity balance equations. For various values of electric intensity, the microdamage–macrodeformation relationships and deformation curves are plotted. The effect of electric intensity on the microdamage of piezoelectric materials is studied