Radially polarized functionally graded piezoelectric hollow cylinders as sensors and actuators

An axisymmetric electroelastic problem of hollow radially polarized piezoceramic cylinders made of functionally graded (FG) materials is analyzed. For the material properties of power-law profile, a closed-form solution is derived. For a general gradient variation, an analytic approach is suggested, which reduces the problem to a Fredholm integral equation. Solving the resulting equation, the response of the electroelastic field can be determined. No severe limitation is required for varying material properties in this method. Numerical results of a cylindrical FG piezoelectric tube with PZT-5H as the inner surface ceramic are evaluated, and the distribution of the radial and circumferential stresses as well as the electric potential for piezoelectric sensors and actuators are presented graphically under electric and mechanical stimuli, respectively. Our results indicate that the electroelastic response in an FG piezoceramic tube with material properties decreasing when the radius increases becomes more obvious than that with material properties increasing. Moreover, the gradient index strongly affects the stress distribution and electric response. The obtained results are helpful for the design of annular cylindrical FG piezoelectric sensors/actuators.     

Electroelastic field of a piezoelectric annular finite cylinder

This paper presents a theoretical study of a piezoelectric annular cylinder under axisymmteric electromechanical loading. The piezoelectric material is assumed to be transversely isotropic and the general solutions of the governing equations are obtained in terms of a Fourier–Bessel series containing Bessel functions of the first and second kind. The boundary-value problems for vertical pressure and an electric charge loading applied to the ends of an annular cylinder are solved by expanding the applied loading in terms of a Fourier–Bessel series. Selected numerical results for the electroelastic field of an annular cylinder are presented for different aspect ratios of a cylinder and material properties.     

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．     

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     

WAVE PROPAGATION IN ELECTROSTRICTIVE MATERIALS UNDER BIASED FIELDS

I. INTRODUCTION Di?erent from piezoelectricity which is a linear coupling between mechanical and electric ?elds andcan only exist in anisotropic materials[1], electrostriction refers to the quadratic dependence of strainor stress on electric ?elds[2,3] …     

Damage analysis of thermopiezoelectric properties: Part I - crack tip singularities

This is Part I of the work on a two-dimensional analysis of thermal and electric fields of a thermopiezoelectric solid damaged by cracks. It deals with finding the singular crack tip behavior for the temperature, heat flow, displacements, electric potential, stresses and electric displacements. By application of Fourier transformations and the extended Stroh formalism, the problem is reduced to a pair of dual integral equations for the temperature field with the aid of an auxiliary function. The electroelastic field is governed by another pair of dual integral equations. The inverse square root singularity is found for the heat flow field while the logarithmic singularity prevailed for the electroelastic field regardless of whether the crack lies in a homogeneous piezoelectric solid or at an interface of two dissimilar piezoelectric materials. Results are given for the energy release rate and a finite length crack oriented at an arbitrarily angle with reference to the external disturbances. Part II of this paper considers the modelling of a piezoelectric material containing microcracks. A representative cracked area element is used to obtain the effective conductivity and electroelastic modulus. Numerical results are given for a peizoelectric Bati O₃ ceramic with cracks.     

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.     

电可通纳米尺度孔边均布多裂纹的电弹断裂分析

解析研究了面内电载荷和反平面机械载荷作用下压电体中纳米尺度圆孔边均布电可通多裂纹问题的断裂性能。基于Gurtin-Murdoch表面弹性理论,利用保角映射方法和复变弹性理论给出了裂纹尖端电弹场分布、电弹场强度因子及能量释放率的解析结果。阐述了无量纲电弹场强度因子、无量纲能量释放率的尺寸依赖效应,讨论了裂纹数量和缺陷几何参数对无量纲场强度因子和无量纲能量释放率的影响。结果表明：无量纲电弹场强度因子和无量纲能量释放率具有显著的尺寸依赖效应;考虑表面效应,孔径和裂纹长度相当时,电弹场强度因子达到最大;裂纹/孔径比对电弹场强度因子随裂纹数量变化的制约会随着裂纹数量的增加而逐渐消失;过大或过小的裂纹孔径比会削弱裂纹长度对能量释放率的影响。     

电可通纳米尺度孔边均布多裂纹的电弹断裂分析

解析研究了面内电载荷和反平面机械载荷作用下压电体中纳米尺度圆孔边均布电可通多裂纹问题的断裂性能。基于Gurtin-Murdoch表面弹性理论，利用保角映射方法和复变弹性理论给出了裂纹尖端电弹场分布、电弹场强度因子及能量释放率的解析结果。阐述了无量纲电弹场强度因子、无量纲能量释放率的尺寸依赖效应，讨论了裂纹数量和缺陷几何参数对无量纲场强度因子和无量纲能量释放率的影响。结果表明：无量纲电弹场强度因子和无量纲能量释放率具有显著的尺寸依赖效应；考虑表面效应，孔径和裂纹长度相当时，电弹场强度因子达到最大；裂纹/孔径比对电弹场强度因子随裂纹数量变化的制约会随着裂纹数量的增加而逐渐消失；过大或过小的裂纹孔径比会削弱裂纹长度对能量释放率的影响。     

A principle of virtual work for combined electrostatic and mechanical loading of materials

The equations governing mechanics and electrostatics are formulated for a system in which the material deformations and electrostatic polarizations are arbitrary. A mechanical/electrostatic energy balance is formulated for this situation in terms of the electric enthalpy, in which the electric potential and the electric field are the independent variables, and charge and electric displacement, respectively, are the conjugate thermodynamic forces. This energy statement is presented in the form of a principle of virtual work (PVW), in which external virtual work is equated to internal virtual work. The resulting expression involves an internal material virtual work in which (1) material polarization is work-conjugate to increments of electric field, and (2) a combination of Cauchy stress, Maxwell stress and a product of polarization and electric field is work-conjugate to increments of strain. This PVW is valid for all material types, including those that are conservative and those that are dissipative. Such a virtual work expression is the basis for a rigorous formulation of a finite element method for problems involving the deformation and electrostatic charging of materials, including electroactive polymers and switchable ferroelectrics. The internal virtual work expression is used to develop the structure of conservative constitutive laws governing, for example, electroactive elastomers and piezoelectric materials, thereby determining the form of the Maxwell or electrostatic stress. It is shown that the Maxwell or electrostatic stress has a form fully constrained by the constitutive law and cannot be chosen independently of it. The structure of constitutive laws for dissipative materials, such as viscoelastic electroactive polymers and switchable ferroelectrics, is similarly determined, and it is shown that the Maxwell or electrostatic stress for these materials is identical to that for a material having the same conservative response when the dissipative processes in the material are shut off. The form of the internal virtual work is used further to develop the structure of dissipative constitutive laws controlled by rearrangement of material internal variables.     

Equations for the extension and flexure ofelectroelastic plates under strong electric fields

A system of approximate equations for the extensional and flexural motion ofelectroelastic plates subject to large electric fields is derived from the variational equations ofelectroelasticity for small strain and cubic electric fields. The two-dimensional equations arederived by introducing an appropriate expansion for the mechanical displacement and electricpotential in the thickness-coordinate and integrating through the thickness. The resultingequations are reduced to the uncoupled systems of anisotropic extension and elementary flexure.The electroelastic constitutive equations are reduced to the form suitable for thin plates byrelaxing the appropriate plate stress resultants.     

Spheroidal inhomogeneity in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric medium

Summary Piezoelectric material containing an inhomogeneity with different electroelastic properties is considered. The coupled electroelastic fields within the inclusion satisfy a system of integral equations solved in a closed form in the case of an ellipsoidal inclusion. The solution is utilized to find the concentration of the electroelastic fields around an inhomogeneity, and to derive the expression for the electric enthalpy of the electroelastic medium with an ellipsoidal inclusion that is relevant for various applications. Explicit closed-form expressions are found for the electroelastic fields within a spheroidal inclusion embedded in the transversely isotropic matrix. Results are specialized for a cylinder, a flat rigid disk and a crack. For a penny-shaped crack, the quantities entering the crack propagation criterion are found explicitly. Received 17 February 2000; accepted for publication 9 May 2000     

Internal energy variational principles and governing equations in electroelastic analysis

The first thermodynamic law contains a universal thermodynamic variational principle. The complete internal energy variational principle in the electroelastic analysis is not discussed in previous papers. In this paper this principle will be discussed. From this principle the simple complete governing equations can be deduced, and the Maxwell stress can be naturally derived from this variational principle. It is shown that the Maxwell stress has slightly different forms determined by using internal energy or electric Gibbs free energy variational principle, but substantially they are the same. In the second-order precision the Maxwell stress is uniquely determined, and its expression has the same form for all deformable and rigid dielectrics. The electroelastic analyses in the dielectric should be studied together with its environment, because the electric field exists in all materials except the ideal conductor. The complete governing equations under finite deformation in the initial configuration are also discussed.     

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.     

Piezoelectric Study on Elliptic Inhomogeneity Problem Using Alternating Technique

This paper presents a novel efficient procedure to analyze the elliptical inhomogeneity problem in piezoelectric materials under electromechanical loadings. The electromechanical loadings considered in this paper include a point force and a point charge or a far-field anti-plane shear and in-plane electric field. The analytical continuation method together with alternating technique is used to derive the electroelastic fields in terms of the corresponding homogeneous solution. Compared to existing related papers, this approach could lead to some interesting simplifications in solution procedure and the derived analytical solution for singularity problems can be employed as a Green's function to investigate matrix cracking in the inclusion/matrix system. Numerical results are provided to show the effect of the material mismatch, the aspect ratio and the loading condition on the electroelastic field due to the presence of the inhomogeneity.     

A three-dimensional non-linear constitutive law for magnetorheological fluids, with applications

In this paper we first summarize the magnetic and mechanical balance equations for magnetorheological fluids undergoing steady motion in the presence of a magnetic field. A general three-dimensional non-linear constitutive law for such a fluid is given for the case in which the magnetic induction vector is used as the independent magnetic variable. The equations are needed for the analysis of boundary-value problems involving fluids with dispersed micron-sized ferrous particles subjected to a time-independent magnetic field. For illustration, the equations are applied, in the case of an incompressible fluid, to the solution of some basic problems. We consider unidirectional flow in a region confined by two infinite parallel plates with a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the plates. Next, we examine two problems involving a circular cylindrical geometry with the fluid occupying the region between two concentric cylinders: axial flow subjected to an axial magnetic field and circumferential flow with a circumferential field. After making some simplifying assumptions on the constitutive law and choosing material parameters, numerical solutions for the velocity profiles are illustrated.     

压电体中考虑表面效应时开裂孔洞的断裂特征

研究了反平面机械载荷和面内电载荷作用下压电体中考虑表面效应时孔边双裂纹问题的断裂特征。基于Gurtin-Murdoch表面理论模型，通过构造映射函数，利用复势电弹理论获得了应力场和电位移场的闭合解答。给出了裂纹尖端应力强度因子、电位移场强因子和能量释放率的解析解。讨论了开裂孔洞几何参数和施加力电载荷对电弹场强因子和能量释放率的影响。     

Radial electroelastic nonstationary vibration of a hollow piezoceramic cylinder subject to electric excitation

The paper studies the radial nonstationary vibration of a piezoceramic cylinder polarized throughout the thickness and subjected to a dynamic electric load. A numerical algorithm for solving an initial–boundary-value problem using mesh-based approximations and difference schemes is developed. The dynamic electroelastic state of the cylinder subjected to a constant potential difference applied instantaneously is analyzed Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 30–35, February 2009.     

电弹性体力学中的偏场方法及其应用

主要综述了当前有关叠加于偏场之上的电弹性体小位移问题的求解方法,即偏场方法.首先介绍了作为偏场方法理论基础的非线性电弹性力学理论,接着总结了偏场方法的研究进展以及受偏场作用后,电弹性梁、板、壳结构的分析方法,随后综述了偏场方法的诸多应用:其中,包括在薄壁电弹性结构屈曲分析中的应用、在记时与通信压电谐振器和基于频率漂移原理所设计的声波传感器的频率稳定性分析方面的应用、在非线性电弹性材料系数的测定以及偏场作用下电致伸缩陶瓷特征的分析等方面的应用.最后给出了该领域当前和未来的一些可能的研究课题.全文参考文献166篇.      

Dynamic fracture behavior of a cracked piezoelectric half space under anti-plane mechanical and in-plane electric impact

Summary  The dynamic response of a cracked piezoelectric half-space under anti-plane mechanical and in-plane electric impacting loads is investigated in the present paper. In the study, the crack is assumed parallel to the free surface of the half-space. Laplace and Fourier transforms are used to reduce the mixed boundary value problems to Cauchy-type singular integral equations in the Laplace transform domain, which are solved numerically. Then, a numerical Laplace inversion is performed and the dynamic stress and electric displacement factors are obtained as functions of time and geometry parameters. The dynamic energy release rate is derived for piezoelectric materials in terms of the electroelastic intensities and is displayed graphically. Received 5 January 2000; accepted for publication 28 June 2000