In: Mechanical Engineering
The cantilever is affixed to the free end of a square cross-section piezoelectric (PZT) block, which is fixed at the other end. Draw the schematic of the lumped-parameter model of the cantilever-PZT system, obtain the mathematical model of this mechanical system, and derive the lumped mass and stiffness of the PZT knowing that la = 0.01 m (length of PZT block), a = 0.005 m (side length of PZT cross-section), EPZT = 55 GPa (Young’s modulus), ?PZT = 7500 kg/m3 (mass density). The piezoelectric material losses are represented by an equivalent viscous damping coefficient cPZT = 60 N-s/m.