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Design and finite element analysis of a short piezoelectric fiber-reinforced composite actuator

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Piezoelectric distributed actuators are exhaustively utilized in control of the structural deformation/vibration. These actuators are also used in the form of smart composite of which active fiber composite (AFC) and macro-fiber composite (MFC) are the most popular smart composites. In the present work, few shortcomings of MFC/AFC actuator in its structural applications are identified and those are alleviated through the proposition of a short piezoelectric fiber-reinforced composite (SPFRC) actuator. The SPFRC is composed of equally spaced coaxial short piezoelectric fibers embedded within the polymer matrix. Every fiber is poled along its length that yields maximum piezoelectric stress/strain within the composite along the same direction in effect of co-directional applied electric field. This piezoelectric effect quantified by the coefficient (e 11) is the main parameter in its use as an actuator with a special arrangement of electrodes in microscale. The SPFRC is designed with an objective of improved magnitude of major effective coefficient (e 11), and it is performed through a continuum micro-mechanics finite element analysis of its effective electro-elastic properties. The actuation-capability of SPFRC actuator according to its present design is verified by analyzing the geometrically nonlinear electro-elastic deformations of a simply supported smart beam. The micro-mechanics analysis reveals a significant magnitude of e 11 of SPFRC although it is lesser than the case of continuous fibers within the similar composite. However, the analysis of smart beam reveals better actuation-capability of the smart composite actuator when short fibers are used instead of continuous fibers retaining the same applied voltage and electrodes.

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    Satyajit Panda, N. H. Reddy & A. S. Pavan Kumar

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Panda, S., Reddy, N.H. & Pavan Kumar, A.S. Design and finite element analysis of a short piezoelectric fiber-reinforced composite actuator. Arch Appl Mech 85, 691–711 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-015-0982-y

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