How to couple piezoelectric elements in ABAQUS?
How to couple piezoelectric elements in ABAQUS?
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Hi, I'm using ABAQUS to model some vibrating piezoelectric energy harvesters. I'm aware that I need to couple the voltage degree of freedom of each piezoelectric element and assign them all the same value but I have no idea how to do this. I also need to connect a simple resistive load to the model, but again I'm not sure how to do this.
Unfortunately YouTube tutorials on piezoelectric elements are pretty much non-existent.
Any help is much appreciated!
Unfortunately YouTube tutorials on piezoelectric elements are pretty much non-existent.
Any help is much appreciated!





RE: How to couple piezoelectric elements in ABAQUS?
There's also a section in the Example Problems Guide that includes a couple of piezoelectric analysis examples.
Might be some help
RE: How to couple piezoelectric elements in ABAQUS?