Analysis of Piezoelectric Solids using Finite Element Method

[摘要] Piezoelectric materials are extensively used in smart structures as sensors and actuators. In this paper, static analysis of three piezoelectric solids is done using general-purpose finite element software, Abaqus. The simulation results from Abaqus are compared with the results obtained using numerical methods like Boundary Element Method (BEM) and meshless point collocation method (PCM). The BEM and PCM are cumbersome for complex shape and complicated boundary conditions. This paper shows that the software Abaqus can be used to solve the governing equations of piezoelectric solids in a much simpler and faster way than the BEM and PCM.

[发布机构] Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut; Kerala, India^1

[效力级别] 机械制造

[关键词] Complex shapes;Complicated boundary conditions;Finite element software;Governing equations;Piezoelectric solids;Point collocation method;Sensors and actuators;Software ABAQUS