Garcia, E.
, Carter, W.
and Langer, S.
(2005),
Finite Element Implementation of a Thermodynamic Description of Piezoelectric Microstructures, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150878
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Finite Element Implementation of a Thermodynamic Description of Piezoelectric Microstructures
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, W C. Carter,
Abstract
A model and numerical framework is developed for piezoelectric materials. The model treats the piezoelectric and electrostrictive effects by incorporating orientation-dependent, single-crystal properties. The method is implemented in OOF, a public domain finite element code, so it can be applied to arbitrary two-dimensional microstructures with crystallographic anisotropy. The model is validated against analytic solutions. Consistency of the method for known cases permits application of the technique to more complicated two-dimensional systems. The piezoelectric and electrostrictive response is determined for a few simple device geometries and provides insight for design and convergence criteriaCitation
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume
88
Issue
3
Pub Type
Journals
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Keywords
finite elements, microstructure, piezoleletrics
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Created February 28, 2005, Updated October 12, 2021