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Abstract
An experimental benchmark and its three-dimensional finite element (FE) simulation are
presented for free vibration and effective electromechanical coupling of thick smart beams and
plates bonded symmetrically on their upper/lower surfaces with a single pair of large
piezoceramic patches. The so-called modal effective electromechanical coupling coefficient,
which is post-processed from free-vibration analyses under short-circuit and open-circuit
electrodes, is proposed as a unified free-vibration benchmarking comparator. For this purpose,
the tests are numerically modeled, analyzed, and correlated using the commercial ANSYS® FE
code. Realistic and desirable features were considered; they concern electrode equipotentiality,
piezoceramic patches poling orientations (here opposite), and an FE model electromechanical
updating. The original experimental benchmark and its refined modeling and simulation
outcomes could be of major interest to smart materials and structures practitioners and
researchers.
(Some figures in this article are in colour only in the electronic version)
electrode requires that the nodal electric potentials are identical • The electrodes’ EP physical property was considered via
(for free vibration) and equal to a constant, and that the sum the coupling of the electrodes’ electric DOFs.
of the nodal charges is constant (nil for free vibration) for • SC and OC electric BCs were handled by imposing nil
the nodes of the electroded area, which is an equipotential electric potential on the four electrodes for the SC case,
(EP) surface [1, 15]. Although necessary, the fulfilment of and by grounding inner electrodes and leaving the outer
the above charge condition is rarely mentioned in the open- ones free for the OC (with EP) one.
literature results. Mixed [16, 17] or hybrid [18–20] FEs use the • FE models were updated in three ways: first, mechan-
electric displacement(s) or charge as electric DOFs. However, ically, by softening the experimental clamp stiffness
the fulfilment of the voltage-based condition is currently not using linear springs whose axial stiffness is updated
mentioned in the literature although it is necessary. Here also, for each configuration so that the difference between
the static condensation of the electric charge/displacement(s) FE and experimental fundamental SC frequencies are
DOFs is generally considered [20], so care should be taken for minimized; then, electrically, by computing the transverse
the interpretation of the resulting modal properties. only blocked dielectric permittivity constant from the
Careful literature analysis [14] indicates that the main measured blocked capacities of the individual patches;
disadvantage of most available piezoelectric FE formulations finally, electromechanically, by combining the previous
is that they have not implemented the EP constraint for OC two methods.
static (sensing) or dynamic (vibration) analyses. In fact, this is The original experimental benchmark and its refined modeling
a common practice of most numerical method developers [5]. and simulation outcomes are the main contributions of the
However, it was shown recently [21] that the EP condition has present work, that could be of major interest to smart materials
a charge cancelation effect that reduces the modal effective and structures’ practitioners and researchers.
electromechanical coupling coefficient (EMCC) and even
renders some coupled (without EP) modes uncoupled (when 2. Piezoelectric free-vibration problems
EP is applied) [22]. Nevertheless, implementing the EP
constraint imposes at least a two step assembly: first on The fundamental and variational electromechanical equations,
the electrode elements after which the EP is applied, then necessary for the piezoelectric adaptive structure behavior
an assembly of the remaining elements [23]. If the FE description, have already been provided in [5, 14]. Here, the
contains internal electric DOFs the static condensation has to focus is on the constitutive equations used in the formulation
be handled with great care, in particular for deriving SC and of voltage- and charge-based FEs. Then, the free-vibration
OC eigenvalue problems [24] which are useful for the EMCC problems that provide SC and OC modal properties are derived
evaluation. The latter parameter plays a primary role in several from corresponding discrete equations of motion. Finally, the
smart structure applications [22, 23], since it measures the EMCC is introduced as a unified benchmarking comparator for
conversion of electrical energy to mechanical energy or vice piezoelectric free vibrations and effective electromechanical
versa. coupling of piezoelectric smart structures.
This paper has the main objective to present an
experimental benchmark and its 3D FE simulation for free 2.1. Piezoelectric constitutive equations
vibration and effective electromechanical coupling of thick
smart beams and plates. It starts with the clarification of the The numerically most used 3D piezoelectric constitutive
evaluation procedure of the modal properties of piezoelectric equations, written in matrix form, are
adaptive structures and their interpretation and use for smart E
T C −et S
structure applications. This aims to avoid some confusing = (1)
D e ∈S E
comparisons during benchmarking new formulations; for
the latter purpose, the modal effective EMCC, which is where {T}, {S}, {D} and {E} are the mechanical sym-
post-processed from free-vibration analyses under SC and metric Cauchy stress and linear strain vectors and electric
OC electrodes, is proposed as a unified free-vibration displacement and field ones, respectively. [CE ], [e] and
benchmarking comparator. Then, the proposed experimental [∈S ] are the elastic matrix at constant (SC) electric field,
benchmark is detailed. It consists of an SC and OC vibrating stress piezoelectric matrix and dielectric permittivity matrix at
thick cantilever aluminum structure with a single pair of large constant (clamped) strain, respectively. Superscript t denotes a
piezoceramic patches bonded symmetrically on its upper/lower transpose operation.
surfaces in an opposite poling (OP) configuration; it has the Equation (1) is used for voltage-based FEs. That used for
advantage of being seen as both a short thick beam and a long electric displacement(s) or charge-based FEs is expressed in
thick plate. The tests are next numerically modeled, analyzed, terms of the strains and electric displacements; i.e.,
and correlated using the commercial ANSYS® FE code. The D
presented simulations can be seen as refined in the sense that T C −ht S
= (2)
they consider the following realistic and desirable features. E −h β S D
• OP is modeled using positive and negative piezoelectric where [CD ], [h] and [β S ] are the elastic matrix at constant (OC)
matrices for upper and lower patches, respectively, when electric displacement, piezoelectric strain charge matrix and
filling the piezoelectric properties data. dielectric impermeability matrix at constant (clamped) strain,
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respectively. These constants are related to those of (1) by the where, from this equation, the voltage DOF vector can be
following relations [16]: extracted from the second relation and substituted back into
the first one so that (6) transforms to
−1 −1 −1
CD = CE + et (∈S ) e, h = (∈S ) e, β S = (∈S ) . 2
(3) ([Koc
m ] − ω [M]){U } = {0}
oc oc
(7)
The first relation of (3) indicates that the piezoelectric effect {Voc } = [Koc
em ]{U }
oc
is clearly present for an OC BC. It has a stiffening effect (SE)
that will have an influence on OC natural frequencies, which with
∈ −1 S
are expected to be inherently higher than SC ones. [Koc
m ] = [Km ] + [Kem ] [Ke ] [Kem ],
E E t E
(8)
∈ −1
S
[Koc
em ] = [Ke ] [Kem ]
E
(here SC) charge sensors [25, 26]. ([KDm ] − ωoc [M]){Uoc } = {0}
(10)
When the electrodes are left open, the electric surface {Voc } = [KDem ]{Uoc }
charge load vector is now considered nil, so that (4) reduces
to where the first relation of (10) represents the eigenvalue
([KEm ] − ω2 [M]){U} + [KEem ]t {V} = {0} problem to be solved in order to get the OC modal properties.
(6) It is worthwhile to recall that the piezoelectric behavior
[KEem ]{U} − [K∈e ]{V} = {0}
S
has here passive and active (SE due to the use of
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relations (2), (3)) effects on the modal properties of the It was therefore shown [2] that the following formula applies
adaptive structure. It is then expected that the OC natural for a given mode when using numerical, such as FE, analyses:
frequencies will differ from the baseline structure ones
depending mainly on the importance of the active SE ωoc
2
− ωsc
2
K2 ≈ . (15)
contribution. The second relation of (10) can be used to ωsc
2
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Figure 3. SC/OC FRFs of the smart structure first four modes: (a) first x –z mode, (b) first x – y mode, (c) second x –z/x – y mode, (d) third x –z
mode.
Table 3. FE model geometry and mesh details. A classical encountered first problem was the incomplete
PIC255 PZT material data set provided by the manufac-
Parameter Dimension Mesh FE size
Component (figure 1) (mm) (FE nb.) (mm) turer [29]. To overcome it, the useful provided data for a
simulation were completed using the procedure described in
Structure L1 18 10 1.8 the appendix A and are shown in table 4 together with the
L3 11 10 1.1
L2 50 50 1 aluminum data. The second inconvenience was to fill the code
B 25 10 2.5 graphic user interface (GUI) for the materials properties with
H 3.9 1 3.9 the right data; in fact, ANSYS® , as for other software like
Patch L2 50 50 1 ABAQUS® for example, does not use the IEEE Standards on
B 25 10 2.5 piezoelectricity notations [30] regarding the shear elastic and
h 0.3 1 0.3 piezoelectric constants. To avoid eventual mistakes, the use of
the engineering constants is highly recommended.
To represent the outward poling directions for the OP
and SOLID226 FEs were selected for the elastic structure and configuration, the technique of changing the signs of the
the piezoceramic patches, respectively. The FE model has patches’ individual piezoelectric matrices is used [22]. For this
1700 elements and 9667 nodes. For consistency, the reduced purpose, starting with a unique piezoelectric matrix with the
integration (RI) option was activated for the elastic FE since same sign for both patches as in figure 5(a), that represents
ANSYS® uses the RI by default for its piezoelectric coupled the classical same poling (SP) configuration, the piezoelectric
FEs. matrix sign of the lower patch is changed to reach an outward
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Figure 4. Tested structure FE model: (a) X –Y in-plane view, (b) X – Z transverse view.
Figure 5. Poling orientation modeling: (a) SP; (b) OP via changing signs; (c) OP via rotating axes.
Table 4. Materials properties. faces’ nodes are selected, then a nil potential is applied on them
using the command Preprocessor/Loads/DefineLoads/Apply/
Materials Constants (SI unit) Notations Values
Electric/Boundary/OnNodes, while for the OC case the faces
PIC255 Permittivity ∈S11 =∈S22 8.245 of patches are left charge free. The common way is to not
(completed constants at ∈S33 7.122 apply any electric condition. However, for physical reasons,
properties, cf. constant strain
the EP condition has to be added by coupling the nodes of
appendix A) (nF m−1 )
Stress piezoelectric e31 = e32 −7.25 each face of the patches. Hence, if the GUI is retained,
coupling constants e33 14.41 the Preprocessor/Coupling/Ceqn/CoupleDOFs command has
(C m−2 ) e15 = e24 11.57 to be used.
SC Young’s moduli E1 = E2 62.1
(GN m−2 ) E3 48.3 4.1. Preliminary finite element results
SC Poisson’s ratios ν12 0.32
ν13 = ν23 0.44 A preliminary non-damped and non-updated FE model
SC shear moduli G 12 23.5 simulation is first considered. Results corresponding to the first
(GN m−2 ) G 13 = G 23 21 four modes are shown in figure 6 for the OC electric potential
Density (kg m−3 ) ρ 7800 distribution on the patches’ electrodes and in table 5 for the SC
Aluminum Young’s modulus (GN m−2 ) E 69
and OC modal frequencies and post-treated effective EMCCs.
(assumed
properties) Poisson’s ratio ν 0.3 It can be noticed that the physical uniform distribution of
Mass density (kg m−3 ) ρ 2700 the electric potential on the patches’ electrodes is respected;
besides, the modal frequencies are far from the measured
ones, in particular for the first three modes, in contrast to
OP configuration. This requires the definition of two materials: the simulated modal effective EMCCs, which are satisfactory
one for each patch as in figure 5(b). It was shown [22] that this except for the fourth mode. Primary reasons could be the
simple procedure is equivalent to that based on defining local experimental clamp softness compared to the stiff modeled one
coordinate systems on the patches as in figure 5(c), where one and the non-considered damping. To reach better test/model
material is defined for both patches. correlation, the FE model is hereafter updated.
The application of SC and OC electric BCs can be realized
4.2. Test/model correlated results
in ANSYS® either within the GUI or in a script upon selecting
electrode nodes on which the electric BCs are to be applied. The FE model is updated in three ways: first, mechanically, by
Hence, to impose SC electric BCs via the GUI the patches’ four softening the experimental clamp using linear springs whose
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Figure 6. OC electric potential distribution on the patches’ electrodes for the first four modal shapes: (a) first transverse ( x –z ) bending mode,
(b) first in-plane ( x – y ) bending mode, (c) first torsion mode, (d) second transverse ( x –z ) bending mode.
Table 5. Non-updated FE simulated modal OC/SC frequencies and Table 6. MU FE simulated modal OC/SC frequencies and effective
effective EMCCs. EMCCs.
1 2 4 1 2 4
Mode ( x –z (x – y 3 ( x –z Mode ( x –z (x – y 3 ( x –z
(type) flexion) flexion) (torsion) flexion) (type) flexion) flexion) (torsion) flexion)
f oc (Hz) 495.61 2797.9 3044.1 3317.7 f oc (Hz) 453.89 1448.2 2032.6 2743.7
f sc (Hz) 493.07 2797.9 3044.1 3249.0 f sc (Hz) 452.05 1448.2 2032.6 2699.6
K 2 (%) 1.03 0 0 4.27 K 2 (%) 0.82 0 0 3.29
K (%) 10.16 0 0 20.67 K (%) 9.03 0 0 18.15
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Table 8. EMU FE simulated modal OC/SC frequencies and effective Appendix A. Completing PIC255 manufacturer data
EMCCs.
1 2 4 The PIC255 piezoceramic manufacturer’s useful data are [29]
Mode ( x –z (x – y 3 ( x –z the following.
(type) flexion) flexion) (torsion) flexion)
• Mass density: ρ = 7800 kg m−3 .
f oc (Hz) 453.36 1448.2 2032.6 2731.0
f sc (Hz) 452.05 1448.2 2032.6 2699.5 • Elastic compliances: s11
E
= 16.1 × 10−12 m2 N−1 , s33E
=
−12 2 −1
K 2 (%) 0.58 0 0 2. 35 20.7 × 10 m N .
K (%) 7.62 0 0 15.32 • Strain piezoelectric constants: d31 = −180 ×
10−12 C N−1 , d33 = 400 × 10−12 C N−1 , d15 = 550 ×
10−12 C N−1 .
by softening the clamp stiffness and electrically by using • Relative dielectric constants: ∈rT11 = 1650, ∈rT33 = 1750
the measured patch capacities. Corresponding results are (→∈T11 = 14.6 nF m−1 , ∈T33 = 15.5 nF m−1 ).
shown in table 8. From the latter, it can be noticed that the
• Material coupling factors: k31 = 0.35, k33 = 0.69,
EMU updating led to a satisfactory test/model correlation in
k15 = 0.66, kp = 0.62.
particular for the most coupled fourth mode (within an error
of only 0.17%) but at the cost of a less accurate EMCC for the For a thickness polarized piezoceramic material, with 1–
first mode. Besides, the frequencies remain within a reasonably 2 isotropic plane, the compliance matrix at constant electric
acceptable error of 9.5% except for the second mode, whose field [s E ], the strain piezoelectric matrix [d] and the dielectric
accuracy is high (within only 0.01% of error). permittivity matrix at constant stress [∈T ] have the following
forms in standard notations [30]:
⎡ E E E ⎤
5. Summary and conclusion s11 s12 s13 0 0 0
⎢ sE E
s11 E
s13 0 0 0 ⎥
⎢ 12 ⎥
This work has presented an experimental benchmark and E ⎢ E ⎥
s =⎢ ⎥,
E E
s s13 s33 0 0 0
its 3D FE simulation for free vibration and effective ⎢ 13 ⎥
⎢ 0 0 0 E
s55 0 0 ⎥
electromechanical coupling of thick smart beams and plates. ⎣ E ⎦
0 0 0 0 s55 0
It started with the clarification of the evaluation procedure of 0 0 0 0 0 2(s11
E
− s12
E
)
the modal properties of piezoelectric adaptive structures and (A.1)
their interpretation and use for smart structure applications. 00 0 0 d15 0
This aimed to avoid some confusing comparisons during [d] = 00 0 d15 0 0
benchmarking new formulations; for the latter purpose, the d31
d31 d33 0 0 0
T
modal effective EMCC, which was post-processed from free- T ∈11 0 0
vibration analyses under short-circuit (SC) and open-circuit ∈ = 0 ∈T11 0 .
(OC) electrodes, was proposed as a unified free-vibration 0 0 ∈T33
benchmarking comparator. Then, the proposed experimental
From the above known data and (A.1) it appears that only the
benchmark was detailed. It consists of an SC and OC vibrating
compliance data are incomplete; that is, in-plane and transverse
thick cantilever aluminum structure with a single pair of large
shear constants remain unknown. A simple procedure is here
piezoceramic patches bonded symmetrically on its upper/lower
suggested to get them from the given data only. Hence,
surfaces in an opposite poling configuration; the benchmark
from the definitions of the shear k15 and polar kp material
has the advantage of being seen both as a short thick beam and
static coupling factors, the following expressions can be
a long thick plate. The tests were next numerically modeled,
deduced [28, 30]:
analyzed, and correlated using the commercial ANSYS® FE
code. It was shown that reasonably acceptable test/model 2
d15 2
d31
correlation requires us to (i) take care of the patch poling
E
s55 = , E
s12 = −s11
E
+2 . (A.2)
∈T11 k15
2
k 2p ∈T33
directions; (ii) consider the equipotentiality constraint for OC
electrodes; and (iii) conduct electromechanical updating of the The remaining unknown shear compliance can be deduced
FE model. from
The original experimental benchmark and its refined E
s13 = −ν13
E E
s11 (A.3)
modeling and simulation outcomes are the main contribution
of the present work, that could be of major interest to smart where ν13
E
= 0.436 is assumed.
materials and structures’ practitioners and researchers. The stiffness matrix at constant electric field [cE ], stress
piezoelectric matrix [e] and dielectric permittivity matrix at
constant strain [∈S ] are then obtained, respectively, by
Acknowledgment
[cE ] = [sE ]−1 , [e] = [d] cE ,
The support of the European Commission via contract no FP6 (A.4)
NMP3-CT-13517 (CASSEM) is gratefully acknowledged. [∈S ] = [∈T ] − [d] [e]t .
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