Study on Suppression of Transverse Mechanical Coupling of Rectangular Double-Laminated Bending Vibration Elements

Rectangular double-laminated piezoelectric elements are widely used in low frequency transducers. At present, most of these piezoelectric elements use a piezoelectric ceramic laminated structure. In this work, the bending vibration properties of double-laminated piezoelectric ceramic elements with different transverse dimensions were analyzed by the finite element method. It was found that there was a strong transverse mechanical coupling, and the transverse dimensions had a great effect on the bending vibration. To suppress the transverse mechanical coupling effect, a double-laminated piezoelectric element based on a 2-2 piezoelectric composite was designed. The simulation results show that the bending vibration performance of the double-laminated composite element is not affected by the transverse size. The 2-2 piezoelectric composite double-laminated and ceramic elements were prepared. In addition, simulation and experimental results indicate that the transverse mechanical coupling of the bending vibration of the piezoelectric composite double-laminated element is effectively suppressed, the vibration frequency is reduced by about 100 Hz, and the vibration displacement is increased by 2.2 times, in comparison with the piezoelectric ceramic double-laminated element.