High-power piezoelectric vibration model considering the interaction between nonlinear vibration and temperature increase.

For high-power piezoelectric devices, nonlinear vibrations and related increases in temperature are critical problems produced by large internal stress and strain. Such nonlinear vibrations have been studied by some researchers; however, the related increase in temperature has not been taken into consideration, because it is a complicated phenomenon. In this study, the mechanism underlying the interaction between nonlinear vibration and temperature increase in a piezoelectric transducer under high-power conditions was clarified.

Piezoelectric nonlinear vibration focusing on the second-harmonic vibration mode.

Resonant piezoelectric devices are driven under high power condition. In such condition, a nonlinear piezoelectric vibration becomes apparent and this nonlinearity should be taken into account in the design procedure using the finite elemental method (FEM). The purpose of this study is to introduce the nonlinear parameter to the FEM and to establish the method for measuring the nonlinear parameter through evaluating a nonlinear model for a piezoelectric vibration.