Piezoelectric Nanobeams Research Articles

Nonlocal thermo-electro-mechanical vibration analysis of smart curved FG piezoelectric Timoshenko nanobeam

To peruse the free vibration of curved functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) nanosize beam in thermal environment, nonlocal elasticity theory is applied for modeling the nano scale effect. The governing equations are obtained via the energy method. Analytically Navier solution is employed to solve the governing equations for simply supported boundary conditions. Solving these equations enables us to estimate the natural frequency for curved FGP nanobeam under the effect of a uniform temperature change and external electric voltage. The results determined are verified by comparing the results by available ones in literature. The effects of various parameters such as nonlocality, uniform temperature changes, external electric voltage, gradient index, opening angle and aspect ratio of curved FGP nanobeam on the natural frequency are successfully discussed. The results revealed that the natural frequency of curved FGP nanobeam is significantly influenced by these effects.

Electromechanical coupling in piezoelectric nanobeams due to the flexoelectric effect

The flexoelectric effect is a coupling of polarization and strain gradient, which exists in a wide variety of materials and may lead to strong size-dependent properties at the nanoscale. Based on an extension to the classical beam model, this paper investigates the electromechanical coupling response of piezoelectric nanobeams with different electrical boundary conditions including the effect of flexoelectricity. The electric Gibbs free energy and the variational principle are used to derive the governing equations with three types of electrical boundary conditions. Closed-form solutions are obtained for static bending of cantilever beams. The results show that the normalized effective stiffness increases with decreasing beam thickness in the open circuit electrical boundary conditions with or without surface electrodes. The induced electric potential due to the flexoelectric effect is obtained under the open circuit conditions, which may be important for sensing or energy harvesting applications. An intrinsic thickness depending on the material properties is identified for the maximum induced electric potential. The present results also show that flexoelectricity has a more significant effect on the electroelastic responses than piezoelectricity at the nanoscale. Our analysis in the present study can be useful for understanding of the electromechanical coupling in nanobeams with flexoelectricity.

Vibration analysis of parabolic shear-deformable piezoelectrically actuated nanoscale beams incorporating thermal effects

ABSTRACTThermoelectric-mechanical vibration behavior of functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) nanobeams is first investigated in this article, based on the nonlocal theory and third-order parabolic beam theory by presenting a Navier-type solution. Electro-thermo-mechanical properties of a nanobeam are supposed to change continuously throughout the thickness based on the power-law model. To capture the small-size effects, Eringen's nonlocal elasticity theory is adopted. Using Hamilton's principle, the nonlocal governing equations for the third-order, shear deformable, piezoelectric, FG nanobeams are obtained and they are solved applying an analytical solution. By presenting some numerical results, it is demonstrated that the suggested model presents accurate frequency results of FGP nanobeams. The influences of several parameters, including external electric voltage, power-law exponent, nonlocal parameter, and mode number on the natural frequencies of the size-dependent FGP nanobeams are discussed in detail. The results should be relevant to the design and application of the piezoelectric nanodevices.

Wave propagation analysis of smart rotating porous heterogeneous piezo-electric nanobeams

The present work is mainly focused on studying the influences of angular velocity on the wave propagation responses of functionally graded (FG) piezo-electric nanobeams. Moreover, the effects of porosity are also regarded in the wave propagation analysis of size-dependent FG beams. The distribution of electro-mechanical properties of a piezo-electric beam are precisely described employing power-law formulation. The nonlocal elasticity theory is utilized to account for the influences of small scale. Herein, a classical beam theory is expounded to derive the nonlocal governing equations of the nanobeam. Once the governing equations are completely derived, an analytical solution method is applied to obtain the dispersion relations of propagating waves. A comparison of this model with previous studies is then made to show the validity of the obtained results. Finally, the influences of various variants, such as wave number, nonlocal parameter, gradient index, electric voltage, volume fraction of porosity and angular velocity, are studied in detail to show how these parameters can affect the wave frequency, phase velocity and escape frequency of FG smart rotary porous nanobeams.

Vibration analysis of piezoelectrically actuated curved nanosize FG beams via a nonlocal strain-electric field gradient theory

ABSTRACTIn this article, nonlocal free vibration analysis of curved functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) nanobeams is conducted using a Navier-type solution method. The model contains a nonlocal stress field parameter and also a nonlocal strain-electric field gradient parameter to capture the size effects. Inclusion of these nonlocal parameters introduces both stiffness-softening and stiffness-hardening effects in the analysis of curved nanobeams. Nonlocal governing equations of curved FGP nanobeam are obtained from Hamilton's principle based on the Euler–Bernoulli beam model. The results are validated with those of curved FG nanobeams available in the literature. Finally, the influences of electric voltage, length scale parameter, nonlocal parameter, opening angle, material composition, and slenderness ratio on vibrational characteristics of nanosize curved FG piezoelectric beams are explored. These results may be useful in accurate analysis and design of smart nanostructures constructed from piezoelectric materials.

Surface effects on vibration analysis of elastically restrained piezoelectric nanobeams subjected to magneto-thermo-electrical field embedded in elastic medium

In the present study, a generalized nonlocal beam theory is utilized to study the magneto–thermo–mechanical vibration characteristic of piezoelectric nanobeam by considering surface effects rested in elastic medium for various elastic boundary conditions. The nonlocal elasticity of Eringen as well as surface effects, including surface elasticity, surface stress and surface density are implemented to inject size-dependent effects into equations. Using the Hamilton’s principle and Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, the governing differential equations and associated boundary conditions will be obtained. The differential transformation method (DTM) is used to discretize resultant motion equations and related boundary conditions accordingly. The natural frequencies are obtained for the various elastic boundary conditions in detail to show the significance of nonlocal parameter, external voltage, temperature change, surface effects, elastic medium, magnetic field and length of nanobeam. Moreover, it should be noted that by changing the spring stiffness at each end, the conventional boundary conditions will be obtained which are validated by well-known literature.

Free vibration analysis of a piezoelectric nanobeam using nonlocal elasticity theory

Piezoelectric nanobeams are used in several nano electromechanical systems. The first step in designing these systems is conducting a vibration analysis. In this research, the free vibration of a piezoelectric nanobeam is analyzed by using the nonlocal elasticity theory. The nanobeam is modeled based on Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. Hamilton's principle is used to derive the equations of motion and also the boundary conditions of the system. The obtained equations of motion are solved by using both Galerkin and the Differential Quadrature (DQ) methods. The clamped-clamped and cantilever boundary conditions are analyzed and the effects of the applied voltage and nonlocal parameter on the natural frequencies and mode shapes are studied. The results show the success of Galerkin method in determining the natural frequencies. The results also show the influence of the nonlocal parameter on the natural frequencies. Increasing a positive voltage decreases the natural frequencies, while increasing a negative voltage increases them. It is also concluded that for the clamped parts of the beam and also other parts that encounter higher values of stress during free vibrations of the beam, anti-nodes in voltage mode shapes are observed. On the contrary, in the parts of the beam that the values of the induced stress are low, the values of the amplitude of the voltage mode shape are not significant. The obtained results and especially the mode shapes can be used in future studies on the forced vibrations of piezoelectric nanobeams based on Galerkin method.

Nonlinear modal interactions and bifurcations of a piezoelectric nanoresonator with three-to-one internal resonances incorporating surface effects and van der Waals dissipation forces

This paper investigates the nonlinear dynamics of a doubly clamped piezoelectric nanobeam subjected to a combined AC and DC loadings in the presence of three-to-one internal resonance. Surface effects are taken into account in the governing equation of motion to incorporate the associated size effects at nanoscales. The reduced-order model equation (ROM) is obtained based on the Galerkin method. The multiple scales method is applied directly to the nonlinear equation of motion and associated boundary conditions to obtain the modulation equations. The equilibrium solutions of the modulation equations and the dynamic solutions of the ROM equation are investigated in the case of primary and principal parametric resonances of the first mode. Stability, bifurcations and frequency response curves of the nanobeam are investigated. Dynamic behaviors of the motion are shown in the form of time traces, phase portraits, Poincare sections and fast Fourier transforms. The results indicate rich dynamic behaviors such as Hopf bifurcations, periodic and quasiperiodic motions in both directly and indirectly excited modes illustrating the influence of modal interactions on the response.

Surface effects on the vibration behavior of flexoelectric nanobeams based on nonlocal elasticity theory

In this research, vibration characteristics of a flexoelectric nanobeam in contact with Winkler-Pasternak foundation is investigated based on the nonlocal elasticity theory considering surface effects. This nonclassical nanobeam model contains flexoelectric effect to capture coupling of strain gradients and electrical polarizations. Moreover, the nonlocal elasticity theory is employed to study the nonlocal and long-range interactions between the particles. The present model can degenerate into the classical model if the nonlocal parameter, flexoelectric and surface effects are omitted. Hamilton's principle is employed to derive the governing equations and the related boundary conditions which are solved applying a Galerkin-based solution. Natural frequencies are verified with those of previous papers on nanobeams. It is illustrated that flexoelectricity, nonlocality, surface stresses, elastic foundation and boundary conditions affects considerably the vibration frequencies of piezoelectric nanobeams.

Dynamic modeling of smart shear-deformable heterogeneous piezoelectric nanobeams resting on Winkler–Pasternak foundation

Free vibration analysis is presented for a simply supported, functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) nanobeam embedded on elastic foundation in the framework of third-order parabolic shear deformation beam theory. Effective electro-mechanical properties of FGP nanobeam are supposed to be variable throughout the thickness based on power-law model. To incorporate the small size effects into the local model, Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory is adopted. Analytical solution is implemented to solve the size-dependent buckling analysis of FGP nanobeams based upon a higher-order shear deformation beam theory where coupled equations obtained using Hamilton’s principle exist for such beams. Some numerical results for natural frequencies of the FGP nanobeams are prepared, which include the influences of elastic coefficients of foundation, electric voltage, material and geometrical parameters and mode number. This study is motivated by the absence of articles in the technical literature and provides beneficial results for accurate FGP structures design.

Nonlocal Thermo-Electro-Mechanical coupling vibrations of axially moving piezoelectric nanobeams

ABSTRACTThis work is concerned with the thermo-electro-mechanical coupling transverse vibrations of axially moving piezoelectric nanobeams which reveal potential applications in self-powered components of biomedical nano-robot. The nonlocal theory and Euler piezoelectric beam model are employed to develop the governing partial differential equations of the mathematical model for axially moving piezoelectric nanobeams. The natural frequencies of nanobeams under simply supported and fully clamped boundary constraints are numerically determined based on the eigenvalue method. Subsequently, some detailed parametric studies are presented and it is shown that the nonlocal nanoscale effect and axial motion effect contribute to reduce the bending rigidity of axially moving piezoelectric nanobeam and hence its natural frequency decreases within the framework of nonlocal elasticity. Moreover, the natural frequency decreases with increasing the positive external voltage, axial compressive force and change of temperature, while increases with increasing the axial tensile force. The critical speed and critical axial compressive force are determined and the dynamical buckling behaviors of axially moving piezoelectric nanobeams are indicated. It is concluded the nonlocal nanoscale parameter plays a remarkable role in the size-dependent natural frequency, critical speed and critical axial compressive force.

Thermal loading effects on electro-mechanical vibration behavior of piezoelectrically actuated inhomogeneous size-dependent Timoshenko nanobeams

In the present study, thermo-electro-mechanical vibration characteristics of functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) Timoshenko nanobeams subjected to in-plane thermal loads and applied electric voltage are carried out by presenting a Navier type solution for the first time. Three kinds of thermal loading, namely, uniform, linear and non-linear temperature rises through the thickness direction are considered. Thermo-electro-mechanical properties of FGP nanobeam are supposed to vary smoothly and continuously throughout the thickness based on power-law model. Eringen's nonlocal elasticity theory is exploited to describe the size dependency of nanobeam. Using Hamilton's principle, the nonlocal equations of motion together with corresponding boundary conditions based on Timoshenko beam theory are obtained for the free vibration analysis of graded piezoelectric nanobeams including size effect and they are solved applying analytical solution. According to the numerical results, it is revealed that the proposed modeling can provide accurate frequency results of the FGP nanobeams as compared to some cases in the literature. In following a parametric study is accompanied to examine the effects of several parameters such as various temperature distributions, external electric voltage, power-law index, nonlocal parameter and mode number on the natural frequencies of the size-dependent FGP nanobeams in detail. It is found that the small scale effect and thermo-electrical loading have a significant effect on natural frequencies of FGP nanobeams.

Analytical modeling of dynamic behavior of piezo-thermo-electrically affected sigmoid and power-law graded nanoscale beams

In the present study, thermo-electro-mechanical vibration characteristics of both sigmoid and power-law functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) nanobeams subjected to in-plane thermal loads and applied electric voltage are carried out by presenting a Navier-type solution for the first time. Three kinds of thermal loading, namely uniform, linear and nonlinear temperature rises through the thickness direction are considered. Thermo-electro-mechanical properties of FGP nanobeam are supposed to vary smoothly and continuously throughout the thickness according to power-law and sigmoid distribution. Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory is exploited to describe the size dependency of nanobeam. Using Hamilton’s principle, the nonlocal equations of motion together with corresponding boundary conditions are obtained for the free vibration analysis of graded piezoelectric nanobeams including size effect and they are solved applying analytical solution. According to the numerical results, it is revealed that the proposed modeling can provide accurate frequency results of the FG nanobeams as compared some cases in the literature. In following a parametric study is accompanied to examine the effects of the several parameters such as various temperature distributions, external electric voltage, different material compositions, nonlocal parameter and mode number on the natural frequencies of the size-dependent FGP nanobeams in detail. It is found that the small scale effect and thermo-electrical loading have a significant effect on natural frequencies of FGP nanobeams. The results should be relevant to the design and application of the piezoelectric nanodevices.

Size-dependent electromechanical bending, buckling, and free vibration analysis of functionally graded piezoelectric nanobeams

In this article, by applying the Euler–Bernoulli model and using the consistent size-dependent theory, the nonlinear formulation of functionally graded piezoelectric material nanobeam is developed. In this formulation, the nonlinear geometric effect resulting from mid-plane stretching for the nanobeam behavior is taken into account, and the nonlinear governing equations of the functionally graded piezoelectric material nanobeam are derived using Hamilton’s principle and the variational method. The power-law distribution rule is assumed for the mechanical properties in beam thickness. Afterwards, in the special case, analysis of nanobeam under mechanical and electrical loading for the clamped–clamped and cantilever functionally graded piezoelectric material nanobeams are investigated, and the effects of electrical force, mechanical force, and material properties of functionally graded piezoelectric material beam on the static responses, buckling, and free vibrations are discussed and some significant results are obtained.

A Nonlinear Electro-Mechanical Analysis of Nanobeams Based on the Size-Dependent Piezoelectricity Theory

AbstractNonlinear formulation of isotropic piezoelectric Euler-Bernoulli nano-beam is developed based on consistent size-dependent piezoelectricity theory. By considering geometrically nonlinear and axial displacement of the centroid of beam sections, basic nonlinear equations of piezoelectric nanobeam are derived using Hamilton's principle and variational method. Afterwards, in the special case for the formulation derived, hinged-hinged piezoelectric nanobeam is studied, and static deflection as well as free vibrations of the nanobeam under mechanical loads is determined. In this case, results of the linear formulation of the size-dependent theory are compared to those of the linear and nonlinear classical continuum theory.

An exact solution for buckling analysis of embedded piezo-electro-magnetically actuated nanoscale beams

This paper investigates the buckling behavior of shear deformable piezoelectric (FGP) nanoscale beams made of functionally graded (FG) materials embedded in Winkler-Pasternak elastic medium and subjected to an electro-magnetic field. Magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) properties of piezoelectric nanobeam are supposed to be graded continuously in the thickness direction based on power-law model. To consider the small size effects, Eringen\'s nonlocal elasticity theory is adopted. Employing Hamilton\'s principle, the nonlocal governing equations of the embedded piezoelectric nanobeams are obtained. A Navier-type analytical solution is applied to anticipate the accurate buckling response of the FGP nanobeams subjected to electro-magnetic fields. To demonstrate the influences of various parameters such as, magnetic potential, external electric voltage, power-law index, nonlocal parameter, elastic foundation and slenderness ratio on the critical buckling loads of the size-dependent MEE-FG nanobeams, several numerical results are provided. Due to the shortage of same results in the literature, it is expected that the results of the present study will be instrumental for design of size-dependent MEE-FG nanobeams.

Thermo-electro-mechanical vibration analysis of size-dependent nanobeam resting on elastic medium under axial preload in presence of surface effect

In the present manuscript, a nonclassical beam theory is developed to analyze free vibration of piezoelectric nanobeam by considering surface effects resting on Winkler–Pasternak elastic medium and thermal loading with axial preload. The nonclassical Eringen theory is utilized to incorporate the length-scale parameter to account for the small-scale effect, while the Gurtin–Murdoch model is employed to inject the surface effects including surface elasticity, surface stress and surface density. The governing equations are derived using Hamilton’s principle in the framework of Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The governing partial differential equations of motions of system are reduced to a set of algebraic equations with the help of differential transformation method as a semi-analytical–numerical. The mathematical derivations and numerical results are presented in detail for various boundary conditions. Some numerical examples are illustrated in order to investigate the effect of several parameters such as the nonlocal parameter, piezoelectric voltage, surface effects, temperature change, axial preload and elastic medium parameters. Moreover, it is also indicated that the numerical results have good agreement with previous studies.

Size-dependent analysis of piezoelectric nanobeams including electro-mechanical coupling

In this paper, nonlinear formulation of the size-dependent piezoelectric Timoshenko nano-beam is developed based on the consistent size-dependent piezoelectricity theory. Nonlinear basic equations as well as linear and nonlinear boundary conditions of the piezoelectric nanobeam are derived using Hamilton’s principle and the variational method. To derive these equations, the von Karman strain is employed to model the nonlinear geometric model for the nanobeam behavior. To evaluate the formulation derived, static deformation and free vibration of the hinged-hinged piezoelectric beam is investigated in the special case. The results of the formulation derived are investigated under different parameters, and linear and nonlinear effects of the new size-dependent formulation with the classical theory are compared.

Buckling analysis of nonlocal third-order shear deformable functionally graded piezoelectric nanobeams embedded in elastic medium

This paper investigates buckling response of higher-order shear deformable nanobeams made of functionally graded piezoelectric (FGP) materials embedded in an elastic foundation. Material properties of FGP nanobeam change continuously in thickness direction based on power-law model. To capture small size effects, Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory is adopted. Employing Hamilton’s principle, the nonlocal governing equations of FGP nanobeams embedded in elastic foundation are obtained. To predict buckling behavior of embedded FGP nanobeams, the Navier-type analytical solution is applied to solve the governing equations. Numerical results demonstrate the influences of various parameters such as elastic foundation, external electric voltage, power-law index, nonlocal parameter and slenderness ratio on the buckling loads of size-dependent FGP nanobeams.

Topology optimization of piezoelectric nanostructures

We present an extended finite element formulation for piezoelectric nanobeams and nanoplates that is coupled with topology optimization to study the energy harvesting potential of piezoelectric nanostructures. The finite element model for the nanoplates is based on the Kirchoff plate model, with a linear through the thickness distribution of electric potential. Based on the topology optimization, the largest enhancements in energy harvesting are found for closed circuit boundary conditions, though significant gains are also found for open circuit boundary conditions. Most interestingly, our results demonstrate the competition between surface elasticity, which reduces the energy conversion efficiency, and surface piezoelectricity, which enhances the energy conversion efficiency, in governing the energy harvesting potential of piezoelectric nanostructures.