Hi, I am trying to create a cantilever piezoelectric bimorph. I have successfully created the structure and found the master nodes of the electrodes. I am trying to connect the bimorph with a parallel circuit. My load is just a single resistor. One end has to connect to the middle electrode and the other end has to connect with both the top and bottom electrodes. I'm not really sure how to connect the resistor. Should I couple the voltage for the top and bottom electrodes? My code is here: finish /clear /COM,Bimorph Model /FILNAME, Bimorph,0 /TITLE, Bimorph Power Analysis *SET,Lm,17.3E-3 !Length of mass *SET,Hm,7.7E-3 !Height of mass *SET,Wm,3.6E-3 !Width of mass *SET,Lb,10.7E-3 !Length of beam *SET,Wb,3.2E-3 !Width of beam *SET,Tp,0.278E-3 !Pizeoelectric Thickness *SET,Tsh,0.102E-3 !Shim Thickness *SET,Rload,151E3 !Resistance /UNITS,MKS ! MKS system (m, kg, s, °C# /PREP7 local,11 local,12,,,,,,180,, ET,1,SOLID45 !Set Element Types ET,2,SOLID5,3 ET,3,CIRCU94,0 CSYS,11 BLOCK,0,Lb+Lm,0,Wb,0,Tsh, !Draw Shim BLOCK,0,Lb,0,Wb,Tsh,Tsh+Tp, !Drawing Top Pizeoelectric Layer BLOCK,0,Lb,0,Wb,0,-Tp, !Drawing Bottom Pizeoelectric Layer BLOCK,Lb,Lb+Lm,#(Wb/2#-(Wm/2##,##Wb/2#+#Wm/2##,Tsh,Tsh+Hm !Drawing Mass EMUNIT, MKS, ! Define Piezoelectric #PZT PSI-5H4E) Material Model MPTEMP, 1, 25, , , , , ! PZT Density MPDATA,DENS,1,,7500 TB,PIEZ,1,,,0 ! Piezoelectric matrix TBDATA, 3, -12 TBDATA, 6, -12 TBDATA, 9, 18.2 TBDATA, 14, 21.9 TBDATA, 16, 21.9 MPTEMP, 1, 25, , , , , ! Clamped Dielectric Constant MPDATA,PERX,1,,1550 MPDATA,PERY,1,,1550 MPDATA,PERZ,1,,1390 TB, ANEL, 1,1,0 ! Anisotropic elastic matrix TBTEMP,25 TBDATA, 1, 16.9E+10 , 11.8E+10 ,10.9E+10 TBDATA, 7, 16.9E+10 , 10.9E+10 TBDATA, 12, 12.3E+10 TBDATA, 16, 2.5E+10 TBDATA, 19, 2.7E+10 TBDATA, 21, 2.7E+10 !* MPTEMP, 1, 25, , , , , ! Define Shim #Brass) Material Model MPDATA,DENS,2,,8530 ! Density of Shim MPDATA,EX,2,,1.11E11 ! Elastic Modulus of Shim MPDATA,PRXY,2,,0.375 ! Poissons Ratio of Shim MPTEMP, 1, 25, , , , , ! Define Mass #Tungsten Alloy) Material Model MPDATA,DENS,3,,17000 ! Density of Mass MPDATA,EX,3,,4.11E11 ! Elastic Modulus of Mass MPDATA,PRXY,3,,0.28 ! Poissons Ratio of Mass VSEL,All VGLUE,ALL ! Combine all Volumes VSEL,S,LOC,Z,0,Tsh, , ! Defining Element Type & Material Properties of layers VSEL,R,LOC,X,0,Lb+Lm, , NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,Wb, , VATT, 2, , 1, 11 !Shim Layer VSEL,S,LOC,Z,Tsh,Tsh+Tp, , VSEL,R,LOC,X,0,Lb, , NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,Wb, , VATT, 1, , 2, 11 !Top Pizeoelectric Layer VSEL,S,LOC,Z,0,-Tp, , VSEL,R,LOC,X,0,Lb, , NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,Wb, , VATT, 1, , 2, 11 !Bottom Pizeoelectric Layer VSEL,S,LOC,Z,Tsh,Tsh+Hm, , NSEL,R,LOC,X,Lb,Lb+Lm, , VATT, 3, , 1, 11 ! Mass ESIZE,4E-4,0, ! Mesh Size VSEL,ALL VSWEEP,All !Sweep Volumes NSEL,S,LOC,Z,-Tp,-Tp, , NSEL,R,LOC,X,0,Lb, , NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,Wb, , CP,1,VOLT,ALL ! Couple nodes of bottom *GET,ELEC_BOT,node,0,num,min NSEL,S,LOC,Z,Tsh+Tp,Tsh+Tp, , NSEL,R,LOC,X,0,Lb, , NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,Wb, , CP,2,VOLT,ALL ! Couple nodes of top *GET,ELEC_TOP,node,0,num,min NSEL,S,LOC,Z,0,0 NSEL,R,LOC,X,0,Lb, , ! Creating components NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,Wb, , ESLN,S,1 CM,cm_1,NODE NSEL,S,LOC,Z,Tsh,Tsh NSEL,R,LOC,X,0,Lb, , NSEL,R,LOC,Y,0,Wb, , ESLN,S,1 CM,cm_2,NODE CMSEL,S,CM_1 CMSEL,A,CM_2 CP,3,VOLT,ALL ! Couple nodes of middle *GET,ELEC_MID,node,0,num,min ALLSEL,ALL /REPLOT R,1,Rload, , , , , ! Define Resistor RMORE, , , , , , RMORE, , , , !* TYPE, 3 MAT, 0 REAL, 1 ESYS, 11 SECNUM, TSHAP,LINE !* EN,99999,ELEC_TOP,ELEC_MID,, ! Creating Resistor !* ALLSEL,ALL /REPLOT ASEL,S,LOC,Z,0,Tsh,, ! Fixing End of Shim ASEL,R,LOC,X,0,0,, DA,ALL,UX,0,, ASEL,S,LOC,Z,0,Tsh,, ASEL,R,LOC,X,0,0,, DA,ALL,UY,0,, ASEL,S,LOC,Z,0,Tsh,, ASEL,R,LOC,X,0,0,, DA,ALL,UZ,0,, ALLSEL,ALL /REPLOT FINISH /SOL ANTYPE,HARMIC ,NEW ! Harmonic Analysis HROPT,FULL EQSLV,SPARSE ! Sparse Solver KBC,1 D,ELEC_MID,VOLT,0, ! Setting Voltage on Middle to zero ACEL,0,0,2.25, ! Acceleration HARFRQ,104,106, ! Frequency Range NSUBST,3, !Substeps !* ALPHAD,0, BETAD,0, DMPRAT,0.02, ! Constant Damping Ratio !* ALLSEL,ALL /REPLOT /STATUS,SOLU SOLVE /POST26 ! Plot Power Graph FILE,'Bimorph','rst','.' /UI,COLL,1 NUMVAR,200 SOLU,191,NCMIT STORE,MERGE PLCPLX,0 PRCPLX,1 FILLDATA,191,,,,1,1 REALVAR,191,191 !* !* !* FORCE,TOTAL SHELL,TOP LAYERP26,0 ESOL,2,99999, ,NMIS,1,PWR !* PLVAR,PWR, , , , , , , , , , |