Three dimensional piezoelectric boundary elements

Lisa R. Hill; Thomas N. Farris

doi:10.1117/12.276559

13 June 1997 Three dimensional piezoelectric boundary elements

Lisa R. Hill, Thomas N. Farris

Proceedings Volume 3039, Smart Structures and Materials 1997: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.276559
Event: Smart Structures and Materials '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The boundary element method is applied to problems of 3D piezoelectricity. The continuum equations for the mechanical and electrical behavior are combined into one governing equation for piezoelectricity. A single boundary integral equation is developed from this combined filed equation and the Green's solution for a piezoelectric medium. The Green's function and its derivatives are derived using the Radon transform, and the resulting solution is represented by a line integral which is evaluated numerically using standard Gaussian quadrature. The boundary integral equation is discretized using 8-node quadrilateral elements resulting in a matrix system of equations. The solution of the boundary problem for piezoelectric materials consists of elastic displacements, tractions, electric potentials and normal charge flux densities. The field solutions can be obtained once all boundary values have been determined. The accuracy of this piezoelectric boundary element method is illustrated with two numerical examples. The first involves a unit cube of material with an applied mechanical load. The second example consists of a spherical hole in an infinite piezoelectric body loaded by a unit traction on its boundary. Comparisons are made to the analytical solution for the cube and axisymmetric finite element results for the spherical hole. The boundary element method is shown to be an accurate solution procedure for general 3D piezoelectric materials problems.

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Lisa R. Hill and Thomas N. Farris "Three dimensional piezoelectric boundary elements", Proc. SPIE 3039, Smart Structures and Materials 1997: Mathematics and Control in Smart Structures, (13 June 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.276559

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