报告题目：压电/柔性电子纳米结构的优化(Optimization of piezoelectric/flexoelectric nano structures)
报告人：Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timon Rabczuk （Bauhaus University Weimar）
报告时间：2017年3月17号（周五）9:30
报告地点：校本部HE207会议室
主办部门：8455新葡萄场网站力学系
邀 请 人：张俊乾 教授
Abstract：In this presentation, XFEM and IGA based approaches for the design of piezoelectric/flexoelectric nano-structures through topology optimization is presented. A design methodology based on a combination of isogeometric analysis (IGA), level set and point wise density mapping techniques for topology optimization of piezoelectric/flexoelectric materials. The fourth order partial differential equations (PDEs) of flexoelectricity, which require at least C1 continuous approximations, are discretized using Non-Uniform Rational B-spline (NURBS). The point wise density mapping technique with consistent derivatives is directly used in the weak form of the governing equations. The boundary of the design domain is implicitly represented by a level set function. The accuracy of the IGA model is confirmed through numerical examples including a cantilever beam under a point load and a truncated pyramid under compression with different electrical boundary conditions. Finally, we provide numerical examples demonstrating the significant enhancement in electromechanical coupling coefficient that can be obtained using topology optimization. Furthermore, an extended finite element formulation for piezoelectric nanobeams and nanoplates that is coupled with topology optimization to study the energy harvesting potential of piezoelectric nano structures is presented. The finite element model for the nanoplates is based on the Kirchoff plate model, with a linear through the thickness distribution of electric potential. Based on the topology optimization, the largest enhancements in energy harvesting are found for closed circuit boundary conditions, though significant gains are also found for open circuit boundary conditions. Most interestingly, our results demonstrate the competition between surface elasticity, which reduces the energy conversion efficiency, and surface piezoelectricity, which enhances the energy conversion efficiency, in governing the energy harvesting potential of piezoelectric nanostructures.
