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Large deflection analysis of circular piezoelectric micro-actuator with flexoelectric effect
1Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Management Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, 250101, People's Republic of China. jixue20@sdjzu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
At micro/nano scale, the stiffening effect and flexoelectric effect of strain gradient play important roles in the electromechanical coupling response of piezoelectric micro-components. In this paper, the large deflection bending problem of circular piezoelectric micro-actuator is studied based on the extended linear dielectric theory. In addition to the piezoelectric effect, the flexoelectric effect, the stiffening effect of strain gradient and the high-order electric field effect of polarization gradient are introduced. According to the variational principle, a size-dependent model of circular piezoelectric micro-actuator is established to investigate its electromechanical coupling response. The contributions of piezoelectric effect and flexoelectric effect on large deflection behaviors of piezoelectric micro-actuator are revealed. It is hoped that the research results will be helpful to further understand the electromechanical coupling properties of piezoelectric micro-components and improve the control precision of piezoelectric micro-actuator.
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