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dc.contributor.authorOldfield, MJ-
dc.contributor.authorAtherton, MA-
dc.contributor.authorBates, RA-
dc.contributor.authorPerry, MA-
dc.contributor.authorWynn, HP-
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-27T10:59:40Z-
dc.date.available2010-10-27T10:59:40Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Electroceramics, 25(1): pp 45-55, Aug 2010en_US
dc.identifier.issn1385-3449-
dc.identifier.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4569-
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at www.springerlink.com. Copyright © 2009, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.en_US
dc.description.abstractA dynamic finite element (FE) model of a small piezoelectric plate actuator with cantilever boundary conditions is validated experimentally using operating modes, as the scale of the device prevents conventional modal excitation. A general methodology is presented for assembly of 3D modal response of the plate surface from single-point laser vibrometer data, which is an economical alternative to the automated process provided by scanning vibrometers. 1D blocked force and 2D beam assumptions prove insufficient for validation due to modes both in the length and width of the device in operation. The model is validated in the audible frequency range encompassing 12 experimental operating modes. It is shown that when conducting validation using operating modes, the experimental results, simulated frequency response and FE eigenmodes must all be compared. Discrepancies between FE and experiment are identified and attributed to manufacturing imperfections above modelling errors.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by EPSRC grants #GR/S63502/01 at the London School of Economics and #GR/S63496/02 at Brunel University. The authors thank NXT Sound for provision of the SLDMA devices and technical advice.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectBimorphen_US
dc.subjectVibration measurementen_US
dc.subjectFinite element methodsen_US
dc.subjectCantilever plateen_US
dc.subjectExperimental validationen_US
dc.titleModal validation of a cantilever-plate bimorph actuator illustrating sensitivity to 3D characterisationen_US
dc.typeResearch Paperen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10832-009-9587-6-
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