Scaled-boundary method in electroelasticity of thin plates

The paper discusses the scaled-boundary method as applied to electroelastic problems. As an example, the stress-intensity factor is calculated for a thin rectangular piezoelectric plate with an edge crack __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 124–134, July 2006.     

Direct and inverse measurement of thin films magnetostriction

Two techniques of measurements of thin film magnetostriction are compared: direct, when changes of the substrate curvature caused by the film magnetization are controlled, and inverse (“indirect”), when the modification of the magnetic anisotropy induced by the substrate deformation (usually bending) is measured. We demonstrate how both the elastic strength of the substrate and the effective magneto-mechanical coupling between the substrate deformation and magnetic anisotropy of the film depend on different conditions of bending. Equations to be used for magnetostriction value determination in typical cases are given and critical parameters for the corresponding approximations are identified.     

Natural vibrations in a system of nanotubes

Natural vibrations in a system of parallel micro-and nanotubes attached horizontally to an elastic substrate are analyzed. It is shown that several first eigenfrequencies corresponding to flexural vibrations of a single nanotube can be identified with the use of the linear shell theory within the frequency spectrum of an “integrated system” consisting of a substrate and nanotubes. This allows the flexural rigidity of a single nanotube to be evaluated. The resultant conclusion is supported by finite-element modeling based on the three-dimensional theory of electroelasticity. Results of a modal analysis of gallium arsenide nanotubes are presented. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 160–171, March–April, 2008.     

Influence of Energy Losses on the Performance of a Piezoelectric Transformer Plate

The influence of dielectric, mechanical, and piezoelectric energy losses on the electroelastic characteristics of a piezoelectric transformer plate is analyzed. It is shown that only mechanical loss occurs at resonance frequencies     

Spontaneous thermal expansion of nematic elastomers

We study the monodomain (single-crystal) nematic elastomer materials, all side-chain siloxane polymers with the same mesogenic groups and crosslinking density, but differing in the type of crosslinking. Increasing the proportion of long di-functional segments of main-chain nematic polymer, acting as network crosslinking, results in dramatic changes in the uniaxial equilibrium thermal expansion on cooling from the isotropic phase. At higher concentration of main chains their behaviour dominates the elastomer properties. At low concentration of main-chain material, we detect two distinct transitions at different temperatures, one attributed to the main-chain, the other to the side-chain component. The effective uniaxial anisotropy of nematic rubber, r(T) = / proportional to the effective nematic order parameter Q(T), is given by an average of the two components and thus reflects the two-transition nature of thermal expansion. The experimental data is compared with the theoretical model of ideal nematic elastomers; applications in high-amplitude thermal actuators are discussed in the end. Received 25 June 2001 and Received in final form 29 September 2001     

Atomistic explanation of the Gough-Joule-effect

An interpretation of the Gough-Joule-Effect from an atomistic point of view is given by a special investigation of lattice vibrations using a non-interacting model. The calculations are restricted to crystals with ideal crystal structure built up of only one kind of particles. Approximate analytical formulas are derived. A comparison between the classical macroscopic theory and the here presented microscopic calculations is drawn. Received 5 April 2001 and Received in final form 16 August 2001     

Boundary Control of Physical Fields in a Piezoceramic Layer Having a Tunnel Hole with a System of Electrodes

An approach to the optimal (from the viewpoint of minimum energy consumption) control of the characteristics of coupled fields is illustrated with the example of an antiplane dynamic problem of electroelasticity for a piezoceramic layer with a tunnel hole. The vibrations in the layer are excited by time-dependent harmonic loads of two types: by the difference of electric potentials applied to a pair of infinitely long electrodes located on the surface of the hole and by shear forces or electric charges continuously distributed on the given sections of the layer base, which are assumed as control actions. The inverse problem is solved by using the solution of the corresponding direct mixed antiplane problem of electroelasticity, with the help of which the optimization problem is reduced to the -problem of moments. The functions of optimal control allowing one, for example, to disconnect the external circuit of the generator of electric voltage are given.     

Mixed Antiplane Problem of Electroelasticity for a Piezoceramic Half-Space with a Tunnel Hole

Harmonic vibrations of a piezoceramic half-space weakened by a tunnel hole with a system of active surface electrodes are investigated. Based on integral representations for solutions to two types of conditions on the boundary of the half-space, the boundary-value problem of electroelasticity is reduced to a system of singular integrodifferential equations of the second kind. The results of parametric investigations characterizing the behavior of the electroelastic field components on the boundary and in the region of a piecewise-homogeneous half-space are presented.     

Antiplane Problem of Electroelasticity for a Hollow Piezoceramic Cylinder Excited by a System of Surface Electrodes

An antiplane mixed boundary-value problem of electroelasticity is considered for a hollow piezoceramic cylinder with an arbitrary system of active surface electrodes generating its harmonic vibrations. The problem is solved using a method elaborated earlier for investigating vibrations of a solid piezoceramic cylinder with a system of active surface electrodes. The scheme of numerical solution of the obtained singular integro-differential equations of the boundary-value problem is based on the quadrature method. Calculation results are presented that describe the amplitude-frequency characteristics of a hollow cylinder and the behavior of some mechanical and electric quantities both within the cylinder and on its boundary.     

非线性压电效应下压电弯曲执行器的弯曲

研究压电弯曲执行器在强电场作用下的非线性弯曲行为。考虑电致伸缩和电致弹性的非线性压电效应,导出了压电悬臂执行器自由端挠度或激励力和作用电场之间的非线性关系。结果表明,考虑非线性压电效应在很大的电场范围内都与实验结果吻合得很好,而线性压电效应只适合于低电场的情况。