Experimental Study on Nonlinear Vibration of Bistable Piezoelectric Cantilever Beam

Abstract:

This article focuses on the complicated dynamics behavior of the nonlinear vibrations of the bistable cantilevered piezoelectric beam. The base excitation on the beam is the harmonic load. We studied the jump phenomenon of the system by sweeping the voltage and displacement, the experimental results show that the bistable piezoelectric cantilever beam reflects the obvious hard spring characteristics. In addition, the influence of the distance between the magnets and the thickness of the piezoelectric layer on the dynamic behavior also being studied. Experimental results show that the distance between the magnets is closely impact on the nonlinear dynamic responses of the system, there is an optimal distance between the magnets causes the most complex dynamic behavior in frequency domain. System appears period doubling bifurcation into chaos many times when the distance between magnets is appropriate.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 775)
• Pages: 363-367
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.775.363
• Online since: July 2015
• Authors: Yin Bo Li, Ming Hui Yao*, Wei Zhang
• Keywords: Chaos, Nonlinear Dynamic, Period Doubling Bifurcation, Stiffness

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