A plasma-fluid model for EHD flow in DBD actuators and experimental validation

A numerical method to simulate plasma induced electrohydrodynamic flow is proposed in this study. The numerical model consists of three components. Firstly, a potential module to simulate temporal potential and electric field generated in the ionized fluid. Secondly, a plasma module to simulate plasma development and charge particle densities. Finally, a fluid module to simulate the flow affected by the body forces induced by the movement of the charged particles. Fluid flow is modeled using modified predictor-corrector strategy as proposed in the marker and cell method. The velocity field was corrected to achieve incompressible flow by calculating pressure correction factors, considered in all cells. Numerical convergence and time sensitivity analysis were carried to confirm grid independence and determine an efficient time step for simulations. Numerical computations are validated by comparing with experimental results of discharge currents and current densities. They were found to be in very good agreement thus providing an extensive validation. Furthermore, quiescent flow over a dielectric barrier discharge actuator is simulated in the this study, using the proposed plasma-fluid model, to model flow evolution and resolve temporal flow features for detailed analysis. The streamline and vorticity plots were analyzed and compared with experimental results, and flow results were found to be in-line with the experiments.     

Fault‐tolerant sampled‐data mixed ℋ∞ and passivity control of stochastic systems and its application

This article addresses the problem of fault‐tolerant sampled‐data mixed and passivity control for a class of stochastic system with actuator failures, where the plant is modeled as a continuous‐time one and the control inputs are implemented as discrete‐time signals. Sufficient conditions for the reliable sampled‐data mixed and passivity performance control law is established for the considered systems by constructing an appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional together with the Newton–Leibniz formula and free‐weighting matrix technique. More precisely, linear matrix inequality based sampled‐data methodology is employed to design the mixed and passivity formation controller to reject the impact of the formation changes being treated as disturbances. Simulation studies are performed based on the flight control model to verify the stability, performance, and effectiveness of the proposed design strategy. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 420–429, 2016     

Formulae of force at a point in the interior of a half space with shear modulus linearly varied with depth

According to a lemma and an assumption, this paper prexenis formulae of force at a point in the interior of a half space with Poisson’s ratio v = constant and shear modulus G linearly varied with depth. These formulae can be used as an approximate basic solution when the integral equation method is employed for the analysis of piles and other geotechnical engineering problems.     

Reduction of applied electric potential controlling thermoelastic displacement in a piezoelectric actuator

Summary The present paper discusses how to reduce the applied electric potential which controls a distribution of the elastic displacement, when temperature change induces elastic deformation in a piezoelectric-based solid state actuator. The actuator consists of an isotropic structural plate, onto which multiple piezoelectric ceramic plates of crystal class 6mm are perfectly bonded. The analysis of this thermoelastic problem leads to electric potential applied to piezoelectric ceramic plates. Numerical calculations are carried out for an isotropic steel plate, onto which multiple cadmium-selenide plates are perfectly bonded. Finally, it is shown that the maximum applied electric potential in the case of ten cadmium selenide plates can be reduced to 11% of that derived from the previous study of a similar problem of one cadmium selenide plate bonded onto an isotropic steel plate. Received 10 September 1998; accepted for publication 23 March 1999     

具有压电材料薄板弯曲控制的有限元法

考虑一均匀各向同性薄板结构,在其上下表面离散分布状压电执行元件,在横向外载和电压共同作用下,分析板的弯曲变形,并通过变化作用于执行元件上的电压对板的变形进行控制,根据逆压电效应将电压转换成作用于板上的等效作用量,用Ｈａｍｉｌｔｏｎ原理导出压电结构板弯曲变形的有限元公式,并对环形板情况进行数值计算。     

基于压电曲壳单元的结构振动最优控制

曲壳结构已广泛应用于航空航天、航海等领域,结构微小的振动会极大地影响部件性能,抑制曲壳结构的振动就很必要。提出了压电曲壳结构的振动最优控制模型,利用空间曲壳单元理论及多点约束方程实现曲壳基结构壳元和压电壳元的耦合,推导了压电曲壳结构动力学有限元方程,并结合线性二次型最优控制理论,实现了压电作动器对曲壳结构的振动最优控制。数值算例表明,对曲壳结构进行动力分析和振动控制时,在达到同样精度及控制效果的情况下,与平壳相比,曲壳单元及作动器所需数目要少得多。     

电磁激励器屏幕发声系统的数理模型

目前,全面屏手机已经成为一种趋势。为提升全面屏的用户体验效果,业界开发了屏下指纹识别、伸缩式摄像头等技术,对于音频(主要是语音通话),则开发了基于压电陶瓷和电磁激励器的两种屏幕发声方案,其代表产品分别为小米MIX与VIVO NEX。该文针对电磁激励器屏幕发声技术,分别从平板弯曲振动、平板声辐射、电磁激励器阵列驱动等模型出发,推导电磁激励器驱动屏幕振动发声的原理以及简化的力电类比等效线路图;给出仿真与实测频响曲线以及某型号手机语音通话测试数据;最后简要归纳电磁激励器屏幕发声的设计指南以及进一步的研究方向。     

Electro-viscoelastic behaviors of circular dielectric elastomer membrane actuator containing concentric rigid inclusion

The time-dependent electro-viscoelastic performance of a circular dielectric elastomer (DE) membrane actuator containing an inclusion is investigated in the context of the nonlinear theory for viscoelastic dielectrics. The membrane, a key part of the actuator, is centrally attached to a rigid inclusion of the radius a, and then connected to a fixed rigid ring of the radius b. When subject to a pressure and a voltage, the membrane inflates into an out-of-plane shape and undergoes an inhomogeneous large deformation. The governing equations for the large deformation are derived by means of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, and viscoelasticity of the membrane is characterized by a rheological spring-dashpot model. In the simulation, effects of the pressure, the voltage, and design parameters on the electromechanical viscoelastic behaviors of the membrane are investigated. Evolutions of the considered variables and profiles of the deformed membrane are obtained numerically and illustrated graphically. The results show that electromechanical loadings and design parameters significantly influence the electro-viscoelastic behaviors of the membrane. The design parameters can be tailored to improve the performance of the membrane. The approach may provide guidelines in designing and optimizing such DE devices.     

柔性作动器驱动的非线性系统随机振动的最优有界控制

柔性作动器具有低刚度、大变形等特征,这一方面使主结构具备了强的环境适应性,另一方面也使主结构易受外界微扰影响,从而降低其操作精度．本文以介电弹性体作动器驱动的单自由度非线性系统为研究对象,通过即时微调电压,抑制系统在平衡位置附近的随机振动．通过随机平均法降低系统维数,将原系统的控制问题转化为关于慢变过程的控制问题;结合随机动态规划原理及控制约束导出最优有界控制策略．该策略具干摩擦形式,具有能量耗散本质,在抑制系统振动的同时提高了系统的稳定性．数值研究表明：最优有界控制策略具有良好的控制效果、控制效率及较高的鲁棒性．     

基于微喷射结构的计算机芯片冷却试验研究

在计算机芯片冷却方式中,喷液冷却比风冷和微槽道液冷效率高,冷却效果好。普通机械泵及压电薄膜泵无法满足微孔尺度的微小化带来的高驱动压力问题。利用叠堆式压电陶瓷作为致动器,设计了一种基于叠堆式压电陶瓷驱动流体进行喷射冷却的冷却器,进行了同一驱动参数下微孔数量与尺度配比冷却实验研究,试验结果表明:相同面积的微喷板上采用多数量小孔径结构的微喷冷却器具有较佳的冷却效果。