A Motion Amplifier Using an Axially Driven Buckling Beam: II. Modeling and Analysis

In this paper, the nonlinear behavior of a motion amplifier used to obtain large rotations from small linear displacements produced by a piezoelectric stack is studied. The motion amplifier uses elastic (buckling) and dynamic instabilities of an axially driven buckling beam. Since the amplifier is driving a large rotary inertia at the pinned end and the operational frequency is low compared to the resonant frequencies of the beam, the mass of the buckling beam and the dynamics of the PZT stack are neglected and the system is modeled as a single-degree-of-freedom, nonlinear system. The beam simply behaves as a nonlinear rotational spring having a prescribed displacement on the input end and a moment produced by the inertial mass acting on the output end. The moment applied to the mass is then a function of the beam end displacement and the mass rotation. The system can, thus, be modeled simply as a base-excited, spring–mass oscillator. Results of the response for an ideal beam using this reduced-order model agree with the experimental data to a high degree. Inclusion of loading and geometric imperfections show that the response is not particularly sensitive to these imperfections. Parameter studies for the ideal buckling beam amplifier were conducted to provide guidance for improving the design of the motion amplifier and finding the optimal operating conditions for different applications. An erratum to this article can be found at     

A Force Domain Analog-to-Digital Converter Applied to Microscale Tensile Test

Mechanical characterization of sub-micron thin films or similar small scale structures have been a continuous challenge to the mechanics community due to the difficulty in accurately quantizing the applied load and the resulted deformation. In this paper, a new force-domain analog-to-digital converter (F-D ADC) created from the concept of Flash ADC in electronics is developed to perform thin film tensile tests. The key component of the F-D ADC is a quantizer-array of microfabricated buckling beams of varying lengths. During testing, the tensile force applied in the test specimen is converted to the compressive force in the quantizer beam array and digitized by using the critical buckling load of the beams as they progressively buckle with increasing force amplitude. The deformation of the specimen is controlled by the piezoelectric actuator. Successful testing of (110) single crystal silicon and titanium/nickel (Ti/Ni) multilayer thin film specimens demonstrated the feasibility of this novel F-D ADC concept.     

旋转运动柔性梁的时滞主动控制实验研究

对旋转运动柔性梁的时滞主动控制进行实验研究,验证时滞反馈控制的有效性. 实验中采用交流伺服电机带动柔性梁旋转运动,柔性梁上粘贴有压电作动器,用于控制梁的弹性振动. 实验研究考虑如下3种情况:(1)仅使用电机扭矩进行控制,电机扭矩存在时滞;(2)使用电机扭矩和压电作动器同时控制,仅压电作动器存在时滞;(3)使用电机扭矩和压电作动器同时控制,电机和压电作动器存在不同的时滞量. 重点通过实验验证时滞反馈控制的可行性和有效性.      

Development, modeling and deflection analysis of hybrid micro actuator with integrated thermal and piezoelectric actuation

Micro actuators are irreplaceable part of motion control in minimized systems. The current study presents an analytical model for a new Hybrid Thermo Piezoelectric micro actuator based on the combination of piezoelectric and thermal actuation mechanisms. The micro actuator structure is a double PZT cantilever beam consisting of two arms with different lengths. The presented micro actuator uses the structure of electrothermal micro actuator in which polysilicon material is replaced by PZT. Also the voltage and poling directions are considered in the lengthwise of PZT beams. As a result, the piezoelectric actuation mechanism is based on d ₃₃ strain coefficient. The tip deflection of micro actuator is obtained using Timoshenko beam theory. Analytical results are compared with FEM results along with other reported results in the literature. The effects of geometrical parameters and PZT material constants on actuator tip deflection are studied to provide an efficient optimization of HTP micro actuator.     

压电/压磁层合纳米梁屈曲及自由振动的研究 1)

针对压电/压磁层合纳米梁屈曲、自由振动问题,基于非局部理论与正弦剪切型变形梁理论,建立了力学模型;利用哈密顿原理推导出层合梁运动方程与边界条件;通过数值解法求得层合梁临界屈曲载荷与自由振动频率。对数值结果分析可知：磁电弹夹层对压电/压磁层合纳米梁屈曲和自由振动的影响不能忽略;磁电弹夹层中压电或压磁材料的体积分数和夹层厚度为主要影响因素;分析得到的影响规律可为此类材料在工程中的应用提供理论参考。     

Nonlocal Thermo-Electro-Mechanical coupling vibrations of axially moving piezoelectric nanobeams

This work is concerned with the thermo-electro-mechanical coupling transverse vibrations of axially moving piezoelectric nanobeams which reveal potential applications in self-powered components of biomedical nano-robot. The nonlocal theory and Euler piezoelectric beam model are employed to develop the governing partial differential equations of the mathematical model for axially moving piezoelectric nanobeams. The natural frequencies of nanobeams under simply supported and fully clamped boundary constraints are numerically determined based on the eigenvalue method. Subsequently, some detailed parametric studies are presented and it is shown that the nonlocal nanoscale effect and axial motion effect contribute to reduce the bending rigidity of axially moving piezoelectric nanobeam and hence its natural frequency decreases within the framework of nonlocal elasticity. Moreover, the natural frequency decreases with increasing the positive external voltage, axial compressive force and change of temperature, while increases with increasing the axial tensile force. The critical speed and critical axial compressive force are determined and the dynamical buckling behaviors of axially moving piezoelectric nanobeams are indicated. It is concluded the nonlocal nanoscale parameter plays a remarkable role in the size-dependent natural frequency, critical speed and critical axial compressive force.     

New Experimental Techniques for <Emphasis Type="Italic">In-situ</Emphasis> Measurement of the Damage Characteristics of Piezoelectric Ceramics under High Cycle Fatigue Testing

To better understand the failure characteristics of lead titanate zirconate (PZT) piezoelectric ceramics, in-situ measurements of displacement and crack growth rates were conducted during high cycle fatigue testing, e.g., 5 kHz. A commercial PZT ceramic (used in a buzzer) was employed as the specimen. To examine the failure characteristics, two newly proposed systems were used: (i) a high speed camera system and (ii) a condenser microphone system. The former system consisted of two high speed cameras with an analytical system, which could measure the displacement of the PZT ceramic during the cyclic loading. The maximum displacement value of the ceramic was found to be approximately 20 μm at 0.5 kHz. The three-dimensional shape of the PZT ceramic during cyclic loading could be clearly observed. With the latter system, the displacement intensity arising from the ceramic vibration was detected continuously. It was found that the crack growth rate was not correlated with the fatigue frequency due to the resonance caused by the ceramic oscillation. There is a linear relationship between the crack growth rate and sonar intensity. On the basis of the crack growth behavior, the failure characteristics of the PZT ceramic could be clearly determined.     

线形?拱形组合梁式三稳态压电俘能器动力学特性研究

利用振动能量俘获技术将设备工况振动能转化为电能, 为实现煤矿井下无线监测节点自供电提供了新的思路. 通过引入非线性磁力设计了一种线形?拱形组合梁式三稳态压电俘能器, 分析了磁铁水平间距、垂直间距和激励加速度对动力学特性的影响规律. 利用磁偶极子法建立磁力模型, 通过实验测量线形?拱形组合梁的恢复力, 并采用多项式拟合得到恢复力模型, 基于欧拉?伯努利梁理论和拉格朗日方程建立系统的动力学模型, 从时域角度仿真分析了磁铁水平间距、垂直间距和激励加速度对系统动力学特性的影响规律. 研制线形?拱形组合梁式三稳态压电俘能器样机并搭建实验平台进行实验研究, 通过采集组合梁末端响应速度数据, 验证了理论分析的正确性. 研究表明: 引入非线性磁场能够使系统势能呈现单势阱、双势阱或三势阱, 激励一定时, 调整磁铁水平间距和垂直间距能够使系统实现单稳态、双稳态或三稳态运动, 且在三稳态运动时响应位移较大, 增大激励水平有利于系统越过势垒实现大幅响应. 研究为线形?拱形组合梁式三稳态压电俘能器的设计提供了理论指导.      

Exact static solutions to piezoelectric smart beams including peel stresses. II. Numerical results,comparison and discussion

This part presents the numerical results, comparisons and discussion for the exact static solutions of smart beams with piezoelectric (PZT) actuators and sensors including peel stresses presented in Part I. (International Journal of Solids and Structures, 39, 4677–4695) The actuated stress distributions in the adhesive and the adhesive edge stresses varying with the thickness ratios are firstly obtained and presented. The actuated internal stress resultants and displacements in the host beam are then calculated and compared with those predicted by using the shear lag model. The stresses in the adhesive caused by an applied axial force, bending moment and shear force are calculated, and then used to compute the sensing electric charges for comparison with those predicted using the shear lag model. The numerical results are given for the smart beam with (a) one bonded PZT and (b) two symmetrically bonded PZTs, with a comparison to those predicted using the shear lag model. Novel, simple and more accurate formulas for the equivalent force and bending moment induced by applied electric field are also derived for the host beam with one PZT or two symmetrically bonded PZTs. The symmetric shear stress and the anti-symmetric peel stress components caused by a shear force are discussed. In addition, in the case of PZT edge debonding, the stress redistribution in the adhesive and the self-arresting mechanism are also investigated.     

Reference model control for improving motion accuracy of a micro lathe

A two-axis micro-lathe was developed in 1996 at the former Mechanical Engineering Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan, for machining of small pieces as a part of the Micro-factory concept. Each axis is driven by a set of built-in PZT actuators. The work presented here concerns the design and implementation of a reference model control algorithm to improve the motion accuracy of the micro-lathe. The motion control was originally assured by a PI action considering dead zone. The performances of the reference model control were experimentally tested and compared with those obtained with PI control for four common trajectories used in manufacturing machines.     

Surface deformation measurements of a cylindrical specimen by digital image correlation

Planar digital image correlation has been extended to measure surface deformations of cylindrical specimens without physical contact for high-temperature situations. A single CCD camera acquires the surface image patterns of a section of a specimen in the undeformed and deformed states to determine two-dimensional displacements on a projection plane. Axial, circumferential and shear deformations are determined through curvature transformation on the two-dimensional projection displacement field. The resolution of this technique was determined for a cylinder of 22.23-mm diameter to be 3.5 μm for the axial displacement, 0.05 percent for the axial and shear strains and 0.08 percent for the circumferential strain when correlation computations are carried out over a field of 5 mm×5 mm.     

Flexural-torsional bifurcations of a cantilever beam under potential and circulatory forces I: Non-linear model and stability analysis

The stability of a cantilever elastic beam with rectangular cross-section under the action of a follower tangential force and a bending conservative couple at the free end is analyzed. The beam is herein modeled as a non-linear Cosserat rod model. Non-linear, partial integro-differential equations of motion are derived expanded up to cubic terms in the transversal displacement and torsional angle of the beam. The linear stability of the trivial equilibrium is studied, revealing the existence of buckling, flutter and double-zero critical points. Interaction between conservative and non-conservative loads with respect to the stability problem is discussed. The critical spectral properties are derived and the corresponding critical eigenspace is evaluated.     

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES ON PERFORMANCE OF MACRO FIBER COMPOSITES FOR BEAM TWISTING APPLICATIONS

This paper presents the use of macro-fiber composites (MFC) as actuators for twisting control of pre-twisted beams, which is one efficient method of vibration suppression techniques of helicopter rotors. An MFC is a piezoelectric fiber composite which has an interdigitated electrode, rectangular cross-section and unidirectional piezoceramic (PZT) fibers embedded in the polymer matrix. An MFC actuator has much higher actuation performance, flexibility and durability than a traditional piezoceramic (PZT) actuator. This study showed that an MFC could be used as an actuator to change the displacement and twist tip-angle of a pre-twisted beam. In the test, an MFC patch was pasted on the beam’s upper surface to twist the pre-twisted beam actively. Different twist tip-angle changes of the pre-twisted beam were measured under a series of actuation voltages, and a good agreement was observed when experimental results were compared with numerical results. In addition, the actuation performance of MFC was compared with those of PZT4 and PVDF and the influence of anisotropic property of the MFC on its actuation performance was also studied. The experimental and numerical results presented in this paper show the potential of MFC for use in the vibration control of helicopter rotors.     

Design of an Active Noise Control System Using a Distributed Actuator

A distributed acoustic actuator for active noise control, consisting of a piezoelectric PVDF film, bonded at each side of a carrier structure, is simulated and built. The piezoelements are driven in anti-phase, resulting in a bending motion of the actuator, and thus in the necessary out-of-plane displacement for sound radiation. An analytical model for the acoustic actuator is derived, relating the actuator's displacement to the applied voltage, taking into account the influence of the piezoelectric film on the actuator's stiffness. The model is used to optimise the specifications for the piezoelectric film and the carrier structure, resulting in the highest sound power output in a frequency range from 30–500 Hz. An analytical model for the behaviour of a double panel partition is derived. The analytical model is combined with the model for the acoustic actuator, describing an actively controlled double panel partition with a distributed acoustic actuator integrated in the cavity. A controller is added to the system to control the sound power transmitted through the double panel partition. Simulation results show that a substantial increase of transmission loss can be achieved in the low frequency region (30–500 Hz) with this configuration. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

粘贴压电层功能梯度材料Timoshenko梁的热过屈曲分析

研究了上下表面粘贴压电层的功能梯度材料Timoshenko梁在升温及电场作用下的过屈曲行为。在精确考虑轴线伸长和一阶横向剪切变形的基础上,建立了压电功能梯度Timoshenko层合梁在热-电-机械载荷作用下的几何非线性控制方程。其中,假设功能梯度的材料性质沿厚度方向按照幂函数连续变化,压电层为各向同性均匀材料。采用打靶法数值求解所得强非线性边值问题,获得了在均匀电场和横向非均匀升温场内两端固定Timoshenko梁的静态非线性屈曲和过屈曲数值解。并给出了梁的变形随热、电载荷及材料梯度参数变化的特性曲线。结果表明,通过施加电压在压电层产生拉应力可以有效地提高梁的热屈曲临界载荷,延缓热过屈曲发生。由于材料在横向的非均匀性,即使在均匀升温和均匀电场作用下,也会产生拉-弯耦合效应。但是对于两端固定的压电-功能梯度材料梁,在横向非均匀升温下过屈曲变形仍然是分叉形的。     

Buckling of short beams with warping effect included

A beam theory for the stability analysis of short beam that includes shear deformation and warping of the cross-section is developed. The warping of the cross-section is taken to be an independent kinematics quantity and corresponding force resultants are defined. For the beam subjected to the external loading only at the ends of the beam, equilibrium equations have been obtained by the principle of virtual work. The variations of lateral displacement, rotational angle of the cross-section and the multiplier of the warping shape along the beam axis are solved in closed form and expressed in terms of deformation quantities at the ends of the beam. Based on this beam theory, the lateral stiffness of the beam sustained an axial compression force and a lateral shear force at one end is explicitly derived, from which the equation of the buckling load is established and the buckling load can be solved. When the effect of cross-section warping is neglected, the derived lateral stiffness and buckling load converge to the solutions of the Haringx theory.     

磁驱动单侧飞片实验的数值模拟

磁驱动单侧飞片实验的数值模拟通常可不考虑厚的阴极的运动状态和厚度方向上烧蚀宽度的影响,采用单侧计算模型进行模拟。为了理解磁驱动单侧飞片实验可采用单侧计算模型的原因,为磁驱动单侧飞片实验的单侧计算建模提供理论依据,建立了磁驱动单侧飞片实验的双侧计算模型,并对PTS-061、PTS-064磁驱动单侧飞片实验进行了模拟分析。在PTS-061、PTS-064实验中,飞片的电流加载面的位移随着时间的增加持续增大;厚的阴极的电流加载面的位移不随时间的增加持续增大,在磁驱动实验中后期基本保持不变。PTS-061实验结束时,飞片的电流加载面的位移为4.9 mm,阴极电流加载面的位移仅为1.7 mm。PTS-064实验结束时,飞片的电流加载面的位移为4.1 mm,阴极电流加载面的位移仅为0.9 mm。磁驱动单侧飞片实验能采用单侧计算模型模拟的原因,不是阴极板面保持位置不动,而是阴极电流加载面的位移不随时间持续增加;在磁驱动实验后期,飞片电流加载面位移对边界磁场的影响远大于阴极电流加载面的位移对边界磁场的影响。

     

A calibration procedure for millimeter-scale stereomicroscopic particle image velocimetry

A stereomicroscopic particle image velocimetry (SμPIV) system has been developed for millimeter scale flows. The SμPIV system is based on an off-the-shelf stereomicroscope, with magnification between 0.69× and 30×, and a field of view between 7.5 × 6 mm and 250 × 200 μm. Custom calibration targets were devised using printed circuit board technology, and applied at a magnification factor of 1.74, with a field of view of 4.75 × 3.8 mm. Measurement errors were assessed by moving a test block with fixed particles. Total system uncertainty in test block displacement transverse to the optical axis was 0.5% of the field of view, and 3% of the depth of field for motion along the optical axis. Approximately 20% of this uncertainty was due to the calibration target quality and test block procedures.     

Solution of free vibration equations of semi-rigid connected Reddy–Bickford beams resting on elastic soil using the differential transform method

The literature regarding the free vibration analysis of Bernoulli–Euler and Timoshenko beams under various supporting conditions is plenty, but the free vibration analysis of Reddy–Bickford beams with variable cross-section on elastic soil with/without axial force effect using the Differential Transform Method (DTM) has not been investigated by any of the studies in open literature so far. In this study, the free vibration analysis of axially loaded and semi-rigid connected Reddy–Bickford beam with variable cross-section on elastic soil is carried out by using DTM. The model has six degrees of freedom at the two ends, one transverse displacement and two rotations, and the end forces are a shear force and two end moments in this study. The governing differential equations of motion of the rectangular beam in free vibration are derived using Hamilton’s principle and considering rotatory inertia. Parameters for the relative stiffness, stiffness ratio and nondimensionalized multiplication factor for the axial compressive force are incorporated into the equations of motion in order to investigate their effects on the natural frequencies. At first, the terms are found directly from the analytical solutions of the differential equations that describe the deformations of the cross-section according to the high-order theory. After the analytical solution, an efficient and easy mathematical technique called DTM is used to solve the governing differential equations of the motion. The calculated natural frequencies of semi-rigid connected Reddy–Bickford beam with variable cross-section on elastic soil using DTM are tabulated in several tables and figures and are compared with the results of the analytical solution where a very good agreement is observed.     

Saint-Venant’s Problem for Compound Piezoelectric Beams

The solution of the Saint-Venant’s Problem for a slender compound piezoelectric beam presented in this paper generalizes the recent solution by the authors and E. Harash (J. Appl. Mech. 11:1–10, 2007) for a homogeneous piezoelectric beam and the solution for a compound elastic beam developed by O. Rand and the first author (Analytical Methods in Anisotropic Elasticity with Symbolic Computational Tools, Birkhauser, Boston, 2005). Justification for this approximation emerges from the St. Venant’s Principle. The stress, strain and (electrical) displacement components (“solution hypothesis”) are presented as a set of initially assumed expressions involving twelve tip loading parameters, six unknown weight coefficients, and three pairs of torsion/bending functions of two variables. Each pair of functions satisfies the so-called coupled non-homogeneous Neumann problem (CNNP) in the cross-sectional domain. The work develops concepts of the torsion/bending functions, the torsional rigidity and piezoelectric shear center, the tip coupling matrix, for a compound piezoelectric beam. Examples of exact and approximate solutions for rectangular laminated beams made of transtropic materials are presented.