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    Piezoelectric (PZT) beam modeling

    Hi all, Let me start off to say I new at Abaqus. The problem I'm solving is the following: I have a piezoelectric beam (L=6, h=0.2, t=0.1) which is clamped on one side. Than, I apply two boundary conditions: (i) one side (back) I apply an electric potential of 0 magnitude (ii) on the other...
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    Abaqus: element properties error and PZT actuation problem

    Hi all, Let me start by saying that I just started using Abaqus (noobie) and I'm encountering some problems. I'm trying to reproduce a simulation done in the paper: "Lamb wave propagation simulation in smart composite structures". In this paper a panel and pzt are modeled and the pzt is used...

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