scholarly journals Isogeometric Analysis for Active Control of Piezoelectric Functionally Graded Plates in Thermal Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Tao Liu ◽  
Yafen Jiang ◽  
Shujun Li ◽  
Qingyun Liu ◽  
Chao Wang

An isogeometric analysis (IGA) method is proposed for investigating the active shape and vibration control of functionally graded plates (FGPs) with surface-bonded piezoelectric materials in a thermal environment. A simple first-order shear deformation theory (S-FSDT) with four variables is used to describe the displacement field of the plates. To ensure the investigation of smart piezoelectric structure in the thermal environment closer to the actual situation, a modified piezoelectric constitutive equation with consideration of the temperature effect of dielectric and piezoelectric strain coefficients is implemented to replace the traditional linear piezoelectric constitutive equation. Meanwhile, the neutral surface is adopted to avoid the stretching-bending coupling. The accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed S-FSDT-based IGA method are verified by comparing with several existing numerical examples. Then, the static bending and open-loop control of the plates under mechanical and thermal loads are further studied. Finally, the active control including static bending control and vibration control of piezoelectric functionally graded plates (PFGPs) is also investigated by using a displacement-velocity feedback control law.

Axioms ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Shaima M. Dsouza ◽  
Tittu Mathew Varghese ◽  
P. R. Budarapu ◽  
S. Natarajan

A non-intrusive approach coupled with non-uniform rational B-splines based isogeometric finite element method is proposed here. The developed methodology was employed to study the stochastic static bending and free vibration characteristics of functionally graded material plates with inhered material randomness. A first order shear deformation theory with an artificial shear correction factor was used for spatial discretization. The output randomness is represented by polynomial chaos expansion. The robustness and accuracy of the framework were demonstrated by comparing the results with Monte Carlo simulations. A systematic parametric study was carried out to bring out the sensitivity of the input randomness on the stochastic output response using Sobol’ indices. Functionally graded plates made up of Aluminium (Al) and Zirconium Oxide (ZrO2) were considered in all the numerical examples.


Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2177
Author(s):  
Tao Liu ◽  
Chaodong Li ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Joel Weijia Lai ◽  
Kang Hao Cheong

An efficient isogeometric analysis method (IGA) based on a simple first-order shear deformation theory is presented to study free vibration, static bending response, dynamic response, and active control of functionally graded plates (FGPs) integrated with piezoelectric layers. Based on the neutral surface, isogeometric finite element motion equations of piezoelectric functionally graded plates (PFGPs) are derived using the linear piezoelectric constitutive equation and Hamilton’s principle. The convergence and accuracy of the method for PFGPs with various mechanical and electrical boundary conditions have been investigated via free vibration analysis. In the dynamic analysis, both time-varying mechanical and electrical loads are involved. A closed-loop control method, including displacement feedback control and velocity feedback control, is applied to the static bending control and the dynamic vibration control analysis. The numerical results obtained are accurate and reliable through comparisons with various numerical and analytical examples.


Author(s):  
Nastaran Shahmansouri ◽  
Mohammad Mohammadi Aghdam ◽  
Kasra Bigdeli

The present study investigates static analyses of moderately thick FG plates. Using the First Order Shear Deformation Theory (FSDT), functionally graded plates subjected to transversely distributed loading with various boundary conditions are studied. Effective mechanical properties which vary from one surface of the plate to the other assumed to be defined by a power law form of distribution. Different ceramic-metal sets of materials are studied. Solution of the governing equations, including five equilibrium and eight constitutive equations, is obtained by the Extended Kantorovich Method (EKM). The system of thirteen Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) in terms of displacements, rotations, force and moment resultants are considered as multiplications of separable function of independent variables x and y. Then by successful utilization of the EKM these equations are converted to a double set of ODE systems in terms of x and y. The obtained ODE systems are then solved iteratively until final convergence is achieved. Closed form solution is presented for these ODE sets. It is shown that the method is very stable and provides fast convergence and highly accurate predictions for both thin and moderately thick plates. Comparison of the normal stresses at various points of rectangular plates and deflection of mid-point of the plate are presented and compared with available data in the literature. The effects of the volume fraction exponent n on the behavior of the normalized deflection, moment resultants and stresses of FG plates are also studied. To validate data for analysis fully clamped FG plates, another analysis was carried out using finite element code ANSYS. Close agreement is observed between predictions of the EKM and ANSYS.


Author(s):  
Vinyas Mahesh

This work presents a finite-element-based numerical formulation to evaluate the nonlinear deflections of magneto-electro-elastic sandwich skew plates with a viscoelastic core and functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced magneto-electro-elastic face sheets. Meanwhile, the proposed formulation accommodates the geometrical skewness as well. The magneto-electro-elastic sandwich skew plate is operated in the thermal environment and subjected to various multiphysics loads, including electric and magnetic loads. The viscoelastic core is modelled via the complex modulus approach. Two different forms of viscoelastic cores, such as Dyad 606 and EC 2216, are considered in this study. Also, different thickness configurations of core and facing arrangements are taken into account. The plate kinematics is presumed through higher-order shear deformation theory, and von Karman's nonlinear strain displacement relations are incorporated. The global equations of motion are arrived at through the total potential energy principle and solved via the direct iterative method. Special attention is paid to assessing the influence of pyroeffects, coupling fields and electromagnetic boundary conditions on the nonlinear deflections of magneto-electro-elastic sandwich plates working in the thermal environment and subjected to electromagnetic loads, which is the first of its kind. Also, parametric studies dealing with the skew angles, carbon nanotube distributions and volume fractions, thickness ratio, and aspect ratio have been discussed. The results of this work are believed to be unique and serve as a guide for the design engineers towards developing sophisticated smart structures for various engineering applications.


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