NONLINEAR VIBRATION RESPONSE OF PIEZOELECTRIC NANOSENSOR: INFLUENCES OF SURFACE/INTERFACE EFFECTS

Abstract

In the present work, surface/interface energy effects for pull-in instability analysis on dimensionless natural frequency (DNF) and nonlinear dynamics response (NDR) of piezoelectric nanosensor (PENS) subjected to nonlinear electrostatic excitation and harmonic force are studied using Gurtin–Murdoch (GM) surface/interface energy approach. To achieve this purpose, the Hamilton’s approach, assumed mode and Lagrange–Euler’s theories and also arc-length continuation and complex averaging methods are used to investigate influences of surface/interface parameters of PENS such as Lame’s constants, residual stress, piezoelectric constants and mass density for analysis of pull-in instability voltage.