Piezoelectric materials are used in many engineering application. When modeling piezoelectric materials the standard assumption is that the electromagnetic field which is used to actuate the piezoelectric material is quasi static. In this paper we show that although the assumption of a quasi static electrical field is valid when one is interested in simulating a piezoelectric material, this ass...

In this paper, transient solution of two dimensional asymmetric thermal and mechanical stresses for a hollow cylinder made of piezoelectric material is developed. Transient temperature distribution, as function of radial and circumferential directions and time with general thermal boundary-conditions, is analytically obtained, using the method of separation of variables and<br...

This paper presents a method for predicting the power consumption of piezoelectric actuators utilized for active vibration control. Analytical developments and experimental tests show that the maximum power required to control a structure using surface-bonded piezoelectric actuators is independent of the dynamics between the piezoelectric actuator and the host structure. The results demonstrate...

Due to issues with Pb toxicity, there is an urgent need for high performance Pb-free alternatives to Pb-based piezoelectric ceramics. Although pure BaTiO3 material exhibits fairly low piezoelectric coefficients, further designing of such a material system greatly enhances the piezoelectric response by means of domain engineering, defects engineering, as well as phase boundary engineering. Espec...

In this study buckling analysis of solid rectangular plate made of porous material bounded with the layers of piezoelectric actuators in undrained condition is investigated. Porous material properties vary through the thickness of plate with a specific function. Distributing of the pores through the plate thickness is assumed to be the nonlinear nonsymmetric distribution. The ...

In this paper, nonlinear vibration analysis of functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) beam with porosities material is investigated based on the Timoshenko beam theory. Material properties of FG porous beam are described according to the rule of mixture which modified to approximate material properties with porosity phases. The Ritz method is used to obtain the governing equation which is then...

Recently, the nanogenerators which can convert the mechanical energy into electricity by using piezoelectric materials have exhibited great potential in microscale power supply and sensor systems. In this paper, i provide a comprehensive review of the research progress in piezoelectric nanogenerators with different material. The fundamental piezoelectric theory and typical piezoelectric materia...

The problem of crack branching and deflection in bi-material system is considered in this paper. The combinations may be piezoelectric-piezoelectric, or piezoelectric and non-piezoelectric. Based on Stroh's formulation for anisotropic material, Green's functions for various bi-material combinations are presented within the framework of two-dimensional electro-elasticity, allowing the crack prob...

Piezoelectric nanobeams having circular, rectangular and hexagonal cross-sections are synthesized and used in various Nano structures; however, piezoelectric nanobeams with hexagonal cross-sections have not been studied in detail. In particular, the physical mechanisms of the surface effect and the role of surface stress, surface elasticity and surface piezoelectricity have not been discussed t...