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Finite Element Implementation of a Thermodynamic Description of Piezoelectric Microstructures

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Author(s)

E Garcia, W C. Carter, Stephen A. Langer

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 criteria
Citation
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume
88
Issue
3

Keywords

finite elements, microstructure, piezoleletrics

Citation

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 (Accessed November 21, 2024)

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Created February 28, 2005, Updated October 12, 2021