Research Article

Thermal Effects on Vibration and Control of Piezocomposite Kirchhoff Plate Modeled by Finite Elements Method

Table 1

Properties of the plate, sensor, and actuator.

Properties/labels/units Plate Sensor Actuator
Al PVDF PZT-5H32

Length (m) 0.6 0.25 0.25
Width (m) 0.4 0.25 0.25
Thickness (m) 1 0.2 0.2
Density 8.03 1.78 7.7
Young modulus (GPa) 68 5.04 62
Reduced elastic constants (GPa)
5.04 66.2
3.25 19.2
23.5
Piezoelectric stress constant 0.15 −9.11
(Vm/N)
Piezoelectric strain constant 4.34 −274
  ×10−12 (m/V)
Reduced piezoelectric constant 0.018 −23.4
(C/m2)
Pyroelectric constant −1.25
  ×10−5 Cm−2K−1
Dielectric constant 12 3300
Thermal conductivity 1.5 1.5
(W/m·K)
Thermal expansion 140 3
  ×10−6 (K−1)
Specific heat J·kg−1·K−1 350 1.5
Damping   ×10−3 1
Constants   ×10−3 0.1