A theoretical model of a circular flexure-mode piezoelectric bimorph ac- tuator is established. The circular bimorph structure, consisting of two flexible layers of piezoelectric material and a layer of metallic mater...A theoretical model of a circular flexure-mode piezoelectric bimorph ac- tuator is established. The circular bimorph structure, consisting of two flexible layers of piezoelectric material and a layer of metallic material in the middle, is powered to the flexural deformation. The analytical solutions including the statics solution and the dynamics solution are derived from the 3D equations of the linear theory of piezoelectric- ity. Numerical results are included to show the circular bimorph piezoelectric actuator (CBPA) performance, depending on the physical parameters.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11403109,11190014,10921063,and 11373073)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20141042)
文摘A theoretical model of a circular flexure-mode piezoelectric bimorph ac- tuator is established. The circular bimorph structure, consisting of two flexible layers of piezoelectric material and a layer of metallic material in the middle, is powered to the flexural deformation. The analytical solutions including the statics solution and the dynamics solution are derived from the 3D equations of the linear theory of piezoelectric- ity. Numerical results are included to show the circular bimorph piezoelectric actuator (CBPA) performance, depending on the physical parameters.