This article is a comparative study of the design spaces of two bio-implantable acoustically excited generator architectures: the bulk-mode piezoelectric plate (plate) and the flexure-mode unimorph piezoelectric diaphragm (diaphragm). The acoustic to electrical power transducers, or generators, are part of an acoustic, or ultrasonic, power transfer system for implantable sensors and medical dev...

Abstract: In this paper asymptotic models describing the mechanical and electric equilibrium state of two types of smart structures are presented and justified. The first structure consists of an anisotropic elastic thin plate with two surface bonded anisotropic piezoelectric patches and the second one is an anisotropic elastic sandwich thin plate with an inserted anisotropic piezoelectric patc...

The active vibration control of smart plate equipped with patched piezoelectric sensors and actuators is presented in this study. An equivalent single layer third order shear deformation theory is employed to model the kinematics of the plate and to obtain the shear strains. The governing equations of motion are derived using extended Hamilton’s principle. Linear variation of electric potential...

Mechanical vibrations induced in flexible structures such as beams and plates have been researched through various optimization functions and control theories to optimize transient response dynamic characteristics. Piezoelectric materials sensors/actuators have been used to reduce and control these vibrations. However, stiffened plate has not been investigated and it is a main and important par...

Piezoelectric materials possess excellent electromechanical coupling characteristics, which are functional and suitable in structural vibration control. This study investigates the active control of free forced for piezoelectric-integrated functionally graded carbon nanotube reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) plate using finite element method (FEM). Based on first-order shear deformation theory (F...

The objective of this research was to analytically and experimentally study the capabilities of piezoelectric plate actuators for suppressing utter. Piezoelectric materials are characterized by their ability to produce voltage when subjected to a mechanical strain. The converse piezoelectric e ect can be utilized to actuate a structure by applying a voltage. For this investigation, a two-degree...

The generalized plane quasistatic deformations of linear piezoelectric laminated plates are analyzed by the Eshelby–Stroh formalism. The laminate consists of homogeneous elastic or piezoelectric laminae of arbitrary thickness and width. The three-dimensional differential equations of equilibrium for a piezoelectric body are exactly satisŽ ed at every point in the body. The analytical solution i...

In this article, axisymmetric buckling behavior of piezoelectric fiber reinforced polymeric composite (PFRPC) annular plate subjected to electro-thermo-mechanical field is presented utilizing principle of minimum potential energy. Boron-nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are used as fibers. Full coupling between electrical, mechanical and thermal fields are considered according to a representative volum...

An analytical solution for a sandwich circular FGM plate coupled with piezoelectric layers under one-dimension heat conduction is presented in this paper. A nonlinear static problem is solved first to determine the initial stress state and pre-vibration deformations. By adding an incremental dynamic state to the pre-vibration state, the differential equations are derived. The role of thermal en...

This paper reports on conception, simulation, and fabrication of a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) MEMS cantilevers for piezoelectric energy harvesting (EH). We investigate the advantages of interdigitated electrode configurations (IDE) with respect to parallel-plate electrodes (PPE) in terms of output voltage and output power from the constitutive equations of piezoelectricity. Finite element mo...