Nonlinear dynamic response and its control of rubber components with piezoelectric patches/layers using finite element method

M.C. Manna, R. Bhattacharyya and A.H. Sheikh

Abstract

Idea of using piezoelectric materials with flexible structures made of rubber-like materials is quite novel. In this study a non-linear finite element model based on updated Lagrangian (UL) approach has been developed for dynamic response and its control of rubber-elastic material with surface-bonded PVDF patches/layers. A compressible stain energy density function has been used for the modeling of the rubber component. The results obtained are compared with available analytical solutions and other published results in some cases. Some results are reported as new results which will be useful for future references since the number of published results is not sufficient.

Key Words

nonlinear finite element; compressible strain energy function; hyperelastic material; piezoelectric material; dynamic response; smart rubber beam.

Address

M.C. Manna: Department of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah - 711 103, India R. Bhattacharyya: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur - 721 302, India A.H. Sheikh: Department of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, SA - 5005, Australia

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