Abstract

This study investigates the electromechanical performance of piezoelectric sandwich plates both numerically and experimentally. The effect of different inner design parameters, namely the length-to-thickness, core-to-face thickness, boundary conditions and aspect ratio on both the eigenfrequency and electric potential attributes is assessed. Moreover, vibration amplitude-dependent effects are investigated. Polymer-based, sandwich plates are additively manufactured (AM) and commercially available PZT layers are surface-bonded and experimentally probed. AM smart plates are found to yield comparable eigenfrequency properties with the ones reported for fiber-reinforced smart sandwich composites. Low length-to-thickness, low core-to-face, and rectangular rather than square designs favor the electric potential performance.

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