Numerical study of two-dimensional smart structures
dc.contributor.author | Vigilante, Domenico | en |
dc.contributor.committeechair | Henneke, Edmund G. II | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Morris, Don H. | en |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Batra, Romesh C. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Engineering Science and Mechanics | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-14T21:36:20Z | en |
dc.date.adate | 2002-06-18 | en |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-14T21:36:20Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2002-04-30 | en |
dc.date.rdate | 2003-06-18 | en |
dc.date.sdate | 2002-05-18 | en |
dc.description.abstract | In this thesis we use a new numerical code, based upon a mixed FEM-Runge-Kutta method, for the analysis and the design of plane 2-dimensional smart structures. We applied the developed code to the study of arbitrarily shaped piezo-electromechanical (PEM) plates. This code is based on a weak formulation of their governing equations as found in [18]. The optimal parameters needed to synthesize the appropriate electric networks are computed, and the overall performances of such plates are investigated. In particular, two examples are studied: firstly, a simple case is used to test the main features of the code; secondly, a more complex PEM plate is designed and analyzed by means of the proposed numerical approach. | en |
dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
dc.identifier.other | etd-05182002-110759 | en |
dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05182002-110759/ | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42706 | en |
dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
dc.relation.haspart | vigilantenew.pdf | en |
dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Piezo-electromechanical Coupling | en |
dc.subject | Piezoelectric Transducers | en |
dc.subject | Non Conforming Element | en |
dc.subject | Finite element method | en |
dc.subject | Vibrations Control | en |
dc.subject | Smart Structures | en |
dc.title | Numerical study of two-dimensional smart structures | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Engineering Science and Mechanics | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
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