title: Piezoelectric ceramic disks with thickness-graded material properties.
abstract: A system of two-dimensional, first-order equations for electroded piezoelectric crystal plates with general symmetry and thickness-graded material properties recently was deduced from the three-dimensional equations of linear piezoelectricity. These equations are simplified for the two limiting cases of thickness-graded piezoelectric properties, i.e., the homogeneous plate and bimorph of piezoelectric ceramics. Closed-form solutions are obtained from these reduced equations for the flexural and thickness-shear vibrations and static response of bimorph disks as well as for the extensional and thickness-stretch vibrations of homogeneous disks. Frequency spectra and modes are computed and examined. Resonance frequencies for both homogeneous and bimorph disks of PZT-857 are computed and measured. The comparison of the results shows that the agreement is close.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering and Operation Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. 1ee@wave.princeton.ed
authors.forename: P Y
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authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J D
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authors.lastname: Yu
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: W H
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authors.lastname: Shih