Anisotropic hierarchic finite elements for the simulation of piezoelectric smart structures
Anisotropic hierarchic finite elements for the simulation of piezoelectric smart structures
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DOI:
10.1108/ec-08-2013-0005
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发表时间:
2013-11
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
S. Duczek;U. Gabbert
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作者:
S. Duczek;U. Gabbert
Purpose – Piezoelectric actuators and sensors are an invaluable part of lightweight designs for several reasons. They can either be used in noise cancellation devices as thin‐walled structures are prone to acoustic emissions, or in shape control approaches to suppress unwanted vibrations. Also in Lamb wave based health monitoring systems piezoelectric patches are applied to excite and to receive ultrasonic waves. The purpose of this paper is to develop a higher order finite element with piezoelectric capabilities in order to simulate smart structures efficiently.Design/methodology/approach – In the paper the development of a new fully three‐dimensional piezoelectric hexahedral finite element based on the p‐version of the finite element method (FEM) is presented. Hierarchic Legendre polynomials in combination with an anisotropic ansatz space are utilized to derive an electro‐mechanically coupled element. This results in a reduced numerical effort. The suitability of the proposed element is demonstrated usi...