Smart Materials Research

Research Article

Deflection and Vibration Control of Laminated Plates Using Extension and Shear Actuated Fiber Composites

Table 1

Material data.
MaterialsElastic propertyPiezoelectric property
PZT-5A-based SAFC*
(fiber content = 94%)		 𝐸 1 = 2 8 . 0 3  GPa, 𝐸 2 = 5 2 . 7 2  GPa 𝑑 3 5 = 5 4 2 . 6  pC/N
∈ 3 3 = 18.98 nF/m
𝐺 1 2 = 1 0 . 8 5  GPa, 𝐺 1 3 = 1 0 . 1 4  GPa
𝐺 2 3 = 1 9 . 5 2  GPa, 𝜐 1 2 = 0 . 2 3
𝜌 = 6 8 7 0 . 3 6  kg/m3
MFC* (M-4010-P1, smart materials) (fiber content = 85%, ℎ 𝑘 = 0 . 3  mm; 𝑤 𝑒 = 0 . 5  mm) 𝐸 1 = 3 0 . 2 5  GPa, 𝐸 2 = 1 5 . 9 9  GPa 𝑑 1 1 = 3 8 5 . 5 6  pC/N
𝑑 1 2 = − 1 7 1 . 4 3  pC/N
∈ 1 1 = 1 4 . 3  nF/m
𝐺 1 2 = 5 . 5 2  GPa, 𝐺 1 3 = 1 1 . 8 2  GPa
𝐺 2 3 = 4 . 5 4  GPa, 𝜐 1 2 = 0 . 3 0 6
𝜌 = 5 0 1 9 . 3 4  kg/m3
CFRP (T-300) 𝐸 1 = 1 3 0 . 0  GPa, 𝐸 2 = 9 . 5  GPa—
𝐺 1 2 = 6 . 0  GPa, 𝐺 1 3 = 6 . 0  GPa
𝐺 2 3 = 3 . 0  GPa, 𝜐 1 2 = 0 . 3
𝜌 = 1 6 0 0 . 0  kg/m3
Foam 𝐸 = 3 5 . 3  GPa, 𝜐 = 0 . 3 8 3 ,—
𝜌 = 3 2 . 0  kg/m3
Aluminium 𝐸 = 7 0 . 3  GPa, 𝜐 = 0 . 3 ,—
𝜌 = 2 8 0 0 . 0  kg/m3
* Properties calculated using the rule of mixtures models.