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A multilayer piezoelectric actuator is a promising linear vibrator. In this article, a simple distributed-parameter analytical model of piezoelectric actuator, which can model vibration characteristics of piezoelectric actuator–based applications, is formulated. Based on the physical analysis of piezoelectric actuator, a simplification is proposed, justified and applied to fundamentals of thickness-extension-mode piezoelectricity. This simplification subtly enables piezoelectric actuator to be effectively modelled as a whole and allows for a formulation of a simple analytical model. Compared with other modelling methods in the literature, the proposed model with a small number of easily accessible parameters is easy to handle and extend with little compromised accuracy. The effectiveness of the proposed model has been validated by a three-dimensional finite element analysis model of piezoelectric actuator developed in commercial software ANSYS.

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Multilayer piezoelectric actuators analytical model simplification piezoelectricity finite element analysis

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Formulation of a simple distributed-parameter model of multilayer piezoelectric actuators

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