Forced vibration experiments on flexible piezoelectric devices operating in air and water environments

Issue title: Proceedings from the 16th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (ISEM 2013)

Guest editors: Xavier Maldague and Toshiyuki Takagi

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Tanaka, Yoshikazu^{a; *} | Oko, Takuya^a | Mutsuda, Hidemi^a | Popov, Atanas A.^b | Patel, Rupesh^b | McWilliam, Stewart^b

Affiliations: [a] Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan | [b] Faculty of Engineering, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK | Université Laval, Canada | Tohoku University, Japan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan. Tel.: +81 82 424 7814; Fax: +81 82 422 7194; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In this paper, forced vibration experiments on flexible piezoelectric devices operating in both air and water environments are discussed. Validation of the theoretical analysis method for such devices, via experimental means, is needed in order to achieve future cost effective design optimisations. In aim of this, numerous devices of differing dimensions are manufactured and tested, in various operating conditions, with comparison and discussion to simulation results provided.

Keywords: Piezoelectric film, flexible piezoelectric device, renewable energy, theoretical analysis method, forced vibration, water

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-141879

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 45, no. 1-4, pp. 573-580, 2014