Transverse vibrations of a circular bimorph with piezoelectric and piezomagnetic layers

Abstract

Introduction. Transverse axisymmetric oscillations of a bimorph with two piezo-active layers, piezoelectric and piezomagnetic, are studied. This element can be applied in an energy storage device which is in an alternating magnetic field. The work objective is to study the dependence of resonance and antiresonance frequencies, and electromechanical coupling factor, on the geometric parameters of the element.Materials and Methods. A mathematical model of the piezoelement action is a boundary value problem of linear magneto-electro-elasticity. The element consists of three layers: two piezo-active layers (PZT-4 and CoFe2O4) and a centre dead layer made of steel. The finite element method implemented in the ANSYS package is used as a method for solving a boundary value problem.Results. A finite element model of a piezoelement in the ANSYS package is developed. Problems of determining the natural frequencies of resonance and antiresonance are solved. Graphic dependences of these frequencies and the electromechanical coupling factor on the device geometrics, the thickness and radius of the piezo-active layers, are constructed.Discussion and Conclusions. The results obtained can be used under designing the working element of the energy storage device due to the action of an alternating magnetic field. The constructed dependences of the eigenfrequencies of the resonance and antiresonance on the geometric parameters of the piezoelement provide selecting the sizes of the piezo-active layers for a given working frequency with the highest electromechanical coupling factor.

Keywords

• energy storage device
• piezoelectrics
• piezomagnetics
• finite element method
• natural oscillation frequencies