Stochastic Evaluation and Analysis of Free Vibrations in Simply Supported Piezoelectric Bimorphs

2013 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Borboni ◽  
Rodolfo Faglia

Piezoelectric bimorph benders are a particular class of piezoelectric devices, which are characterized by the ability to produce flexural deformation greatly larger than the length or thickness deformation of a single piezoelectric layer. Due to extensive dimensional reduction of devices and to the high accuracy and repeatability requested, the effect of erroneous parameter estimation and the fluctuation of parameters due to external reasons, sometimes, cannot be omitted. As such, we consider mechanical, electrical and piezoelectric parameters as uniformly distributed around a nominal value and we calculate the distribution of natural frequencies of the device. We consider an analytical model for the piezoelectric bimorph proposed in literature. The results show how the parameters errors are reflected on the natural frequencies and how an increment of the error is able to change the shape of the frequencies distribution.

Author(s):  
Alberto Borboni ◽  
Diego De Santis ◽  
Rodolfo Faglia

Piezoelectric bimorph benders are a particular class of piezoelectric devices, which are characterized by the ability of producing flexural deformation greatly larger than the length or thickness deformation of a single piezoelectric layer. Piezoelectric bimorph benders were first developed by Sawyer in 1931 at the Brush Development Company. The performance of these actuators was rudimentary studied and improved much later, with the results of research on smart structures in 1980s. Piezoelectric benders have been used in different applications: in robotics, spoilers on missile fins, actuation for a quick-focusing lens, to control the vibration of a helicopter rotor blade and for many other purposes. Due to extensive dimensional reduction of devices and to high precision requested, the effect of erroneous parameter estimation and the fluctuation of parameters due to external reasons, sometimes, cannot be omitted. So, we consider mechanical, electrical and piezoelectric parameters as uniformly distributed around a nominal value and we calculate the distribution of natural frequencies of the device. We consider an efficient and accurate analytical model for piezoelectric bimorph. The model combines an equivalent single-layer theory for the mechanical displacements with layerwise-type approximation for the electric potential. First-order Timoshenko shear deformation theory kinematics and quadratic electric potentials are assumed in developing the analytical solution. Mechanical displacement and electric potential Fourier-series amplitudes are treated as fundamental variables, and full electromechanical coupling is maintained. Numerical analysis of simply supported bimorphs under free vibration conditions are presented for different length-to-thickness ratios (i.e., aspect ratio), and the results are verified by those obtained from the exact 2D solution. According to Timoshenko theory, a shear correction factor is introduced with a value proposed by Timoshenko (1922) and by Cowper (1966). Free vibration problem of simply supported piezoelectric bimorphs with series or parallel arrangement is investigated for the closed circuit condition, and the results for different length-to-thickness ratios are compared with those obtained from the exact 2D solution. Numerical examples are presented on bimorphs constituted by two orthotropic piezoceramic layers (PZT-5A material). The calculation of natural frequencies is based on a Weibull distribution, because it is capable to properly model a large class of stochastic behaviours. The effect of errors on the Weibull distribution of the natural frequencies is shown in terms of change of the Weibull parameters. The results show how the parameters errors are reflected on the natural frequencies and how an increment of the error is able to change the shape of the frequencies distribution.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 707-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Yansong He ◽  
Zhongming Xu ◽  
Zhifei Zhang

In this study, a theoretical investigation on the sound transmission loss characteristics of four-side simply supported sandwich panels considering the flexural rigidity of the face sheet has been presented. With the flexural rigidity of the face sheet taken into account, the sound transmission problem of the sandwich panels is derived from the governing equation of bending vibration. The sound transmission loss expression is also derived. The validation of the theoretical prediction model is validated by comparing with the high-accuracy finite element and boundary element simulation. Numerical analysis shows that the flexural rigidity of face sheet influences the natural frequencies obviously, and the theoretical prediction model proposed has high accuracy on predicting the natural frequencies and sound transmission loss of four-side simply supported sandwich panels. The effects of the face sheet flexural rigidity, the thickness of face sheets and core layer, as well as the damping coefficient of the core on the sound transmission loss are systematically investigated.


Author(s):  
Mehdi Masoumi ◽  
Masoud Masoumi

In this article, the effects of some parameters, including rotary inertia, non-local parameter, and length-to-thickness ratio, on natural frequencies are studied for both classical and non-local theories. For Timoshenko beam, the equations of motion and the boundary conditions are derived from Hamilton’s principle and then non-local constitutive equations of Eringen are employed to altogether formulate the problem. Afterward, obtained governing equations are used to study the free vibrations of a Timoshenko’s simply supported nano-beam. And finally, the effects of above-mentioned parameters on estimated frequencies in classical and non-local elasticity theories are investigated. Results show that the discrepancy between the frequencies of higher-order vibration modes obtained from two theories increases and also significant reductions in natural frequencies occur when the rotary inertia is considered in the computations.


2014 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liviu Bereteu ◽  
Mircea Vodǎ ◽  
Gheorghe Drăgănescu

The aim of this work was to determine by vibration tests the longitudinal elastic modulus and shear modulus of welded joints by flux cored arc welding. These two material properties are characteristic elastic constants of tensile stress respectively torsion stress and can be determined by several non-destructive methods. One of the latest non-destructive experimental techniques in this field is based on the analysis of the vibratory signal response from the welded sample. An algorithm based on Pronys series method is used for processing the acquired signal due to sample response of free vibrations. By the means of Finite Element Method (FEM), the natural frequencies and modes shapes of the same specimen of carbon steel were determined. These results help to interpret experimental measurements and the vibration modes identification, and Youngs modulus and shear modulus determination.


2014 ◽  
Vol 709 ◽  
pp. 148-152
Author(s):  
Guo Qing Zhou ◽  
Ji Wang ◽  
Song Xiang

Sinusoidal shear deformation theory is presented to analyze the natural frequencies of simply supported laminated composite plates. The governing differential equations based on sinusoidal theory are solved by a Navier-type analytical method. The present results are compared with the available published results which verify the accuracy of sinusoidal theory.


2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Reza Saeidi Marzangoo ◽  
Mostafa Jalal

AbstractFree vibration analysis of functionally graded (FG) curved panels integrated with piezoelectric layers under various boundary conditions is studied. A panel with two opposite edges is simply supported, and arbitrary boundary conditions at the other edges are considered. Two different models of material property variations based on the power law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents and the exponential law distribution of the material properties through the thickness are considered. Based on the three-dimensional theory of elasticity, an approach combining the state space method and the differential quadrature method (DQM) is used. For the simply supported boundary conditions, closed-form solution is given by making use of the Fourier series expansion, and applying the differential quadrature method to the state space formulations along the axial direction, new state equations about state variables at discrete points are obtained for the other cases such as clamped or free-end conditions. Natural frequencies of the hybrid curved panels are presented by solving the eigenfrequency equation, which can be obtained by using edges boundary conditions in this state equation. The results obtained for only FGM shell is verified by comparing the natural frequencies with the results obtained in the literature.


1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kalaycioglu ◽  
C. Bagci

It has been a well-established fact that dynamic systems in motion experience critical speeds, such as rotating shafts and geared systems whose undeformed reference geometry remain the same at all times. Their critical speeds are determined by their natural frequencies of considered type of free vibrations. Linkage mechanisms as dynamic systems in motion change their undeformed geometries as function of time during the cycle of kinematic motion. They do also experience critical operating speeds as rotating shafts and geared systems do, and their critical speeds are determined by the minima of their natural frequencies during a cycle of kinematic motion. Such a minimum occurs at the critical geometry of a mechanism, which is the position at which the maximum of the input power is required to maintain the instantaneous dynamic equilibrium of the mechanism. Actual finite line elements are used to form the global generalized coordinate flexibility matrix. The natural frequencies of the mechanism and the corresponding mode vectors (mode deflections) are determined as the eigen values and eigen vectors of the equations of instantaneous-position-free-motion of the mechanism. Method is formulated to include or exclude the link axial deformations, and apply to any number of loops having any type of planar pair. Critical speeds of planar four-bar, slider-crank, and Stephenson’s six-bar mechanisms are determined. Experimental results for the four-bar mechanism are given. Effect of axial deformations and link rotary inertias are investigated. Inclusion of link axial deformations in mechanisms having pairs with sliding freedoms is seen to predict critical speeds with large error.


Author(s):  
L. T. Lee ◽  
W. F. Pon

Abstract Natural frequencies of parallelogrammic plates are obtained by employing a set of beam characteristic orthogonal polynomials in the Rayleigh-Ritz method. The orthogonal polynomials are generalted by using a Gram-Schmidt process, after the first member is constructed so as to satisfy all the boundary conditions of the corresponding beam problems accompanying the plate problems. The strain energy functional and kinetic energy functionals are transformed from Cartesian coordinate system to a skew coordinate system. The natural frequencies obtained by using the orthogonal polynomial functions are compared with those obtained by other methods with all four edges clamped boundary conditions and greet agreements are found between them. The natural frequencies for parallelogrammic plates with other boundary conditions, such as four edges simply supported, clamped-free and simply supported-free, are also obtained. This method is considered as a better and accurate comprehensive treatment for this type of problems.


1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Narayanan ◽  
J. P. Verma ◽  
A. K. Mallik

Free-vibration characteristics of a thin-walled, open cross-section beam, with unconstrained damping layers at the flanges, are investigated. Both uncoupled transverse vibration and the coupled bending-torsion oscillations, of a beam of a top-hat section, are considered. Numerical results are presented for natural frequencies and modal loss factors of simply supported and clamped-clamped beams.


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